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A Sight For Sore Eyes

A Sight For Sore Eyes

by RuthRendell (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $3.29

  • Used

    Paperback 1998

    $3.29

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    Hardcover 1998

    $3.29
Synopsis

In traditional fairytales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after. But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary universe, innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible living nightmares. Teddy Brex emerges from a loveless, isolated childhood as a handsome but autistic young man. Francine Hill, emotionally and mentally scarred by the murder of her mother, grows into a beautiful young woman, who must endure the overprotectiveness of an increasingly obsessive stepmother. Teddy Brex does ride to her rescue, but he is a man who has already committed two murders. In Rendell's dark criminal London, can anyone be trusted?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 432
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 02 Sep 1999
ISBN 10: 0099271451
ISBN 13: 9780099271451
Book Overview: Rendell is a superbly elegant writer who cannot bore; her insights into warped minds and stunted emotions still have the power to shock and disturb.' The Times

Media Reviews
Ruth Rendell is...
The best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.
-- Time
A phenomenon.
--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review
Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award
A Sight For Sore Eyes is...
Harrowing...a flawless piece of craftsmanship.
-- The New York Times Book Review
Stunning.
-- The Washington Post Book World
Bold, imaginative...spare and unforgiving.
-- The New York Times Book Review
No one can match Rendell, chill for chill.
-- Chicago Tribune
Unequivocally, the most brilliant mystery novelist of our time.
--Patricia Cornwell
One of the most remarkable novelists of her generation.
-- People
Ruth Rendell is...

The best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.
-- Time

A phenomenon.
--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award

A Sight For Sore Eyes is...

Harrowing...a flawless piece of craftsmanship.
-- The New York Times Book Review

Stunning.
-- The Washington Post Book World

Bold, imaginative...spare and unforgiving.
-- The New York Times Book Review

No one can match Rendell, chill for chill.
-- Chicago Tribune

Unequivocally, the most brilliant mystery novelist of our time.
--Patricia Cornwell

One of the most remarkable novelists of her generation.
-- People
Author Bio
Ruth Rendell is the Queen of British crime writing. The author of over 50 novels, she has won many significant crime fiction awards. Her first novel, From Doon With Death, appeared in 1964, and since then her reputation and readership have grown steadily with each new book. She has received major awards for her work; three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America; the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award for 1976's best crime novel, A Demon in My View; the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981 for The Lake of Darkness; the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for 1986's best crime book for Live Flesh; in 1987 the Crime Writer's Gold Dagger Award for A Fatal Inversion and in 1991 the same award for King Solomon's Carpet, both written under the pseudonym Barbara Vine; the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990; and in 1991 the Crime Writer's Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding contribution to the crime fiction genre. Her books are translated into 21 languages. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.