| Author: | Roy Horniman | ISBN: | 9780571315451 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber | Publication: | April 24, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber | Language: | English |
| Author: | Roy Horniman |
| ISBN: | 9780571315451 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Publication: | April 24, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Language: | English |
'There is an old saying, 'Murder will out.' I am really unable to see why this should be so...'
Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907) inspired the classic Ealing film Kind Hearts and Coronets. But though both works are comedies about a serial murderer, they are different creatures. The eponymous narrator of Roy Horniman's novel, son of a Jewish commercial traveller, offers his memoirs from the condemned cell , having murdered six people who stood between him and an earldom he hoped to inherit. Through Israel's story Horniman explores and parodies the anti-Semitic attitudes of Edwardian England.
'A superb thriller, but also a disturbing study in human nature. The narrative pace never slackens, thanks to the spareness and elegance of Horniman's prose... it is a book of its time, quite faithful to it, and (despite its 400 pages) over all too quickly.'
Simon Heffer, in his Preface
'There is an old saying, 'Murder will out.' I am really unable to see why this should be so...'
Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907) inspired the classic Ealing film Kind Hearts and Coronets. But though both works are comedies about a serial murderer, they are different creatures. The eponymous narrator of Roy Horniman's novel, son of a Jewish commercial traveller, offers his memoirs from the condemned cell , having murdered six people who stood between him and an earldom he hoped to inherit. Through Israel's story Horniman explores and parodies the anti-Semitic attitudes of Edwardian England.
'A superb thriller, but also a disturbing study in human nature. The narrative pace never slackens, thanks to the spareness and elegance of Horniman's prose... it is a book of its time, quite faithful to it, and (despite its 400 pages) over all too quickly.'
Simon Heffer, in his Preface
