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Holy Disorders

Holy Disorders

by EdmundCrispin (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Holy Disorders takes Oxford don and part time detective Gervase Fen to the town of Tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving Fen the chance to play sleuth. The man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of German spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumored to have been practicing since the 17th century? Tracking down the answer pleases Fen immensely - only the reader will have a better time.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 009950619X
ISBN 13: 9780099506195
Book Overview: TRY A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.

Media Reviews
I very much enjoy Edmund Crispin, who's extremely frivolous, with a marvellous comic sense -- P.D. James Fen at his very best New York Times Book Review Holy Disorders, uncannily recreates the mood of an antiquarian ghost story Washington Post A master of the whodunnit... he combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue, and a touch of hilarity New York Times Beneath a formidable exterior he had unsuspected depths of frivolity -- Philip Larkin
Author Bio
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer. He graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1943, with a BA in modern languages, having for two years been its organist and choirmaster. From 1943 to 1945 he taught at Shrewsbury School and in 1944 published the first of nine Gervase Fen novels, The Case of the Gilded Fly. He became a well respected reviewer of crime, writing for the Sunday Times from 1967 until his death in 1978. He also composed the music for many of the Carry On fims.