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Shock Treatment

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Informationen zum Autor Born René Brabazon Raymond in London, the son of a British colonel in the Indian Army, James Hadley Chase was educated at King's School in Rochester, Kent, and left home at the age of 18. He initially worked in book sales until, inspired by the rise of gangster culture during the Depression and by reading James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice , he wrote his first novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish . Despite the American setting of many of his novels, Chase (like Peter Cheyney, another hugely successful British noir writer) never lived there, writing with the aid of maps and a slang dictionary. He had phenomenal success with the novel, which continued unabated throughout his entire career, spanning 45 years and nearly 90 novels. His work was published in dozens of languages and over thirty titles were adapted for film. He served in the RAF during World War II, where he also edited the RAF Journal. In 1956 he moved to France with his wife and son; they later moved to Switzerland, where Chase lived until his death in 1985. Klappentext Terry Regan, who'd dropped into the Delaneys' cabin up at Blue Jay Lake to sell them a TV set, took in the situation at a glance. Gilda was young and stunningly attractive. Jack Delany was a vicious, hard-drinking cripple, imprisoned in a wheelchair. Regan should have left them ... but he didn't. 'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman Zusammenfassung 'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman

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Authors James Hadley Chase
Publisher Orion
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 28.02.2013
 
EAN 9781471903380
ISBN 978-1-4719-0338-0
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
Series Murder Room
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Fiction > Suspense

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic crime, Classic crime and mystery fiction

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