The Pearlkillers: Four Novellas
by Rachel Ingalls
48 Members (4.00)
On This Page
Description
The Pearlkillers, first published in 1986, is a collection of four novellas: 'Third Time Lucky', 'People to People', 'Captain Hendrik's Story', and 'Inheritance', the action of which gives the volume its title. '[Rachel Ingalls'] characters all bear the mark of Cain: They are innocents (no matter that some may be killers) who are swept along through tepid, flat circumstances until suddenly all hell breaks loose, and the Furies erupt to claim their prey... In her best work, Ingalls is as show more monochromatic as Edgar Allan Poe, going straight to her target with the same ease and surety as an arrow skims to its bull's-eye... And just as Poe's craft was exactly suited to the conventions of the short story form, so Ingalls' vision is exactly suited to the length and scope of the novella... Like Poe, Rachel Ingalls is more than a master storyteller: She is also a superb artist.' Los Angeles Times show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
25+ Works 1,554 Members
Rachel Holmes Ingalls was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 13, 1940. She received a bachelor's degree in languages from Radcliffe in 1962. She moved to London in 1965. Her first book, Theft, was published in 1970 and received the Authors' Club First Novel Award. Her other books included Mrs. Caliban and Binstead's Safari. She died from myeloma show more on March 6, 2019 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Belongs to Publisher Series
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 48
- Popularity
- 627,145
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 1
