A Closed Book
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A Closed Book

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eBook - ePub

A Closed Book

About this book

An isolated house deep in the Cotswolds. A writer's den, as dusty and gloomy as the cell of a medieval monk. Two people sit opposite each other, one of them talking, the other typing. But why, in such already sombre surroundings, does one of them wear thick dark glasses? And what, above all, has caused an unearthy shadow to fall across these two interwoven destinies?

Apart from the several startling twists of its own brilliant plot, A Closed Book springs a few extra surprises on those readers who have already seen the film version.

'A page-turner par excellence.' Evening Standard

'Gilbert Adair's spookily gripping novel blends an Agatha Christie-like twist with a Hitchcockian plot.' Marie Claire

'This short, intellectually resourceful thriller...sparklingly clever, adroit and entertaining.' The Spectator

'Gilbert Adair's novel has an almost cinematic, even radio-play, sense of suspense, but plays tricks only possible on the page...The finale is deliciously apt and unsettling. ' Independent

'Very readable indeed...a darkly entertaining soufflé... A Closed Book positively invites an informed second reading.' Independent on Sunday

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780571319763
Edition
0
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Crime & Mystery Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. The blind is flapping
  8. The die is cast
  9. ‘Ah, John. So you’ve been unpacking, have you?’
  10. ‘Which is yours?’
  11. ‘Who’s that?’
  12. On reflection, and on the whole, I’ve decided that I like him
  13. ‘Are you ready, John?’
  14. ‘Well?’
  15. Where is that tie?
  16. ‘Here you are, Paul’
  17. Nine days
  18. ‘Jazz! Jazz! Jazz!’
  19. ‘Good morning Paul.’
  20. I know now I’ve taught myself nothing
  21. ‘Well, make sure you dope him to the eyeballs’
  22. ‘I’m sweating again’
  23. ‘The plate’s very hot’
  24. ‘Whoooo’
  25. Am I imagining things?
  26. ‘That you, John?’
  27. ‘Morning, Paul’
  28. ‘Brrr. It’s chillier than I thought’
  29. ‘It’s a heavenly day today’
  30. A heavenly day?
  31. What on earth is that racket?
  32. He’s gone
  33. The computer didn’t lie to me
  34. A man may be riddled by invisible superstitions
  35. Paul, what is that
  36. Read it back to me
  37. Why is it I’m glad
  38. ‘Let me see – where – here it is’
  39. How could I have been so blind!
  40. ‘There you are’
  41. ‘Mr Ryder?’
  42. About the Author
  43. Copyright