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Dirty Tricks
Dirty Tricks
paperback
Published:
7 June, 1999
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Description
Karen and I on the sofa, Karen and I in the back seat of the BMW, Karen and I at the river, up the alley, down the garden, round the corner, in the pub. Our movements are furtive, frantic and compulsive. Our pleasures are brief and incomplete. Our frustrations are enormous. Because if you look closely at the background of every scene, you'll see Dennis.
Dennis and Karen lead a pleasant life in North Oxford until the day one of their dinner guests seduces Karen in the kitchen, setting in motion a chain of events which will destroy the thin veneer of their respectability and lead to ruthless murder.
Dirty Tricks is a brilliant thriller set in contemporary Oxford: a gripping story of sex, ambition and violence with a wickedly humorous twist.
If you enjoyed Dirty Tricks you may also like A Rich Full Death, another crime novel by Michael Dibdin.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571165308 |
| ISBN10 | 0571165303 |
| Number Of Pages | 256 |
| Item Weight | 190 g |
| Product Dimensions | 112 x 177 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Superb . . . . It' s just like James M. Cain, only funny. Come to think of it, maybe it' s more just like Nabokov. Only fun. -- The New York Times [A] superior piece of noir, . . brisk, absorbing and . . . satisfying. -- The Sunday Times Nasty, original, murderously funny entertainment. -- The Independent
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Author's Bio
Michael Dibdin was born in 1947, and attended schools in Scotland and Ireland and universities in England and Canada. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Inspector Zen Mystery series. The first novel in the series, Ratking, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. Other titles in the series include Medusa, Back to Bologna and End Games. He died in 2007.