Roast Eggs

by Douglas Clark

Masters and Green (14)

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Canonical title
Roast Eggs
Original publication date
1981 (copyright) (copyright)
People/Characters
Angela Connal; George Masters; Bill Green; James Connal
Important places
United Kingdom; England, UK
Epigraph
And certainly it is in the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs...
- Francis Bacon, "Of Wisdom for a Man's Self"
Dedication
For Patricia
First words
Do you remember how old I am, James?
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Now," said Cleghorn "I want to hear from our two friends from the Yard exactly how Mr James Connal lost everything-including his voice-from playing with fire."

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6053 .L294 .R6Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000

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English, German
Media
Paper
ISBNs
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