The last Dickens
Pearl, Matthew2010
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American publisher James R. Osgood has been expecting the arrival of the latest instalment of 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', now Dickens last work, and sends his trusted young clerk, Daniel Sand, to meet the shipment. When Daniel's body is found by the docks and the manuscript nowhere to be found, Osgood investigates.
Main title:
The last Dickens / Matthew Pearl.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2010.
Collation:
460 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2009.
ISBN:
9780099512752 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6THR
Language:
English
Subject:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Death and burial -- FictionDickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Homes and haunts -- FictionOsgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892 -- FictionPublishers and publishing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- FictionUnfinished books -- FictionPublishers and publishing -- Employees -- Crimes against -- FictionLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- FictionSuspense fictionThriller
BRN:
930514