The Man Who Killed Himself
by Julian Symons
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Arthur Brownjohn has never quite got anything right. Whatever he does, it always seems to go more than a little awry. The same could be said for the murder of his wife - a bungled, inferior affair despite his having consulting all the experts in the field of killings, executions and dastardly deeds. Resolving never to repeat the same mistakes, he enlists the help of Major Easonby Mellon - a man who really knows what he's doing...Tags
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A complex book, I won't go into details because I envy anyone who gets to discover them for himself. I will say that it goes down smooth- fast and shocking like a Christmas cracker.
A good read.
Have decided that Julian Symon is really good...he always has something inventive to play with.
There is much psychology involved and you are aware of who, how and why the murder is committed, but the fun is in guessing how or if it unravels.
Bid ship
30 August 2014
Have decided that Julian Symon is really good...he always has something inventive to play with.
There is much psychology involved and you are aware of who, how and why the murder is committed, but the fun is in guessing how or if it unravels.
Bid ship
30 August 2014
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- Canonical title
- The Man Who Killed Himself
- Original title
- The man who killed himself
- Original publication date
- 1967
- People/Characters
- Arthur Brownjohn
- First words
- In the end Arthur Brownjohn killed himself, but in the beginning he made up his mind to murder his wife.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He ate voraciously, grew fat and seemed quite happy.
- Original language*
- englanti
- Canonical LCC
- PR6037.Y5
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- Languages
- 7 — Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
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