- Fiction, Lemmy Caution (Fictitious character), Murder, Investigation
Mr Cheyney has transported to England not only the American 'mobsters', but also their brilliantly witty and lightning repartee. With his obvious gift for characterisation we are presented with a story that surpasses the thrilling pace, convincing realism and entertainment value of such films as *The Thin Man* and *The Big Sleep*.
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Resolved, classical in form, cool and unpretentious.
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Peter Cheyney
- First published
- 1966
- Pages
- 226
- Publisher
- מ. מזרחי, Collins, Gallimard
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- heb, French, English
- ISBN
- 9789726117063
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Peter Cheyney (full name Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. - Wikipedia
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