The Deadly Percheron

''Doctor, I think I''m losing my mind...''. When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews'' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory - and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity.

About the author

John Franklin Bardin, in a frenzy of activity from 1946-8, wrote back-to-back the three novels — The Deadly Percheron, The Last of Philip Banter and Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly — that would ensure his cult reputation. He worked in advertising and as an editor and teacher and died in New York City in 1981.

Product details

• Authors: John Franklin Bardin, Bardin John Franklin
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.06.2024
• EAN: 9780241687024
• ISBN: 978-0-241-68702-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage; Penguin Modern Classics - Crime & Espionage
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Noir, Psychiatry, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Interior life, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, mystery; thriller; detective; crime fiction; thrillers, mystery; thriller; suspense; detective; crime fiction