The Resource Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing : a novel, Anthony Quinn
Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing : a novel, Anthony Quinn
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The item Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing : a novel, Anthony Quinn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- On a sultry afternoon in the summer of 1936 a woman accidentally interrupts an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Nina Land, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she's not supposed to be at the hotel in the first place, and certainly not with a married man. But once it becomes apparent that she may have seen the face of the man the newspapers have dubbed 'the Tie-Pin Killer' she realises that another woman's life could be at stake. Jimmy Erskine is the raffish doyen of theatre critics who fears that his star is fading: age and drink are catching up with him, and in his late-night escapades with young men he walks a tightrope that may snap at any moment. He has depended for years on his loyal and longsuffering secretary Tom, who has a secret of his own to protect. Tom's chance encounter with Madeleine Farewell, a lost young woman haunted by premonitions of catastrophe, closes the circle: it was Madeleine who narrowly escaped the killer's stranglehold that afternoon, and now walks the streets in terror of his finding her again. Curtain Call is a comedy of manners, and a tragedy of mistaken intentions. From the glittering murk of Soho's demi-monde to the grease paint and ghost-lights of theatreland, the story plunges on through smoky clubrooms, tawdry hotels and drag balls towards a denouement in which two women are stalked by the same killer. As bracing as a cold Martini and as bright as a new tie-pin, it is a poignant and gripping story about love and death and a society dancing towards the abyss
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing : a novel
- Title
- Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Anthony Quinn
- Title variation
- Distinguished thing
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On a sultry afternoon in the summer of 1936 a woman accidentally interrupts an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Nina Land, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she's not supposed to be at the hotel in the first place, and certainly not with a married man. But once it becomes apparent that she may have seen the face of the man the newspapers have dubbed 'the Tie-Pin Killer' she realises that another woman's life could be at stake. Jimmy Erskine is the raffish doyen of theatre critics who fears that his star is fading: age and drink are catching up with him, and in his late-night escapades with young men he walks a tightrope that may snap at any moment. He has depended for years on his loyal and longsuffering secretary Tom, who has a secret of his own to protect. Tom's chance encounter with Madeleine Farewell, a lost young woman haunted by premonitions of catastrophe, closes the circle: it was Madeleine who narrowly escaped the killer's stranglehold that afternoon, and now walks the streets in terror of his finding her again. Curtain Call is a comedy of manners, and a tragedy of mistaken intentions. From the glittering murk of Soho's demi-monde to the grease paint and ghost-lights of theatreland, the story plunges on through smoky clubrooms, tawdry hotels and drag balls towards a denouement in which two women are stalked by the same killer. As bracing as a cold Martini and as bright as a new tie-pin, it is a poignant and gripping story about love and death and a society dancing towards the abyss
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Quinn, Anthony
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Murder
- Stalking
- Secrets
- Nineteen thirties
- Attempted murder
- Hotels
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing : a novel, Anthony Quinn
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000053976867
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9780224099592
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)899727434
- Label
- Curtain call ; or, The distinguished thing : a novel, Anthony Quinn
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000053976867
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9780224099592
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)899727434
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