by Derek Raymond (Author), Derek Raymond (Author)
This, the third novel in the Factory Series, sees Raymond's nameless detective leave London for a remote village called Thornhill, where he's meant to be looking into the disappearance of a local doctor's wife. How The Dead Live is a haunting, fantastical novel, with a hellish country house at its centre; a mystery with little interest in the mystery, a police procedural with almost no procedure. Instead, and as ever with Raymond, it's a brilliantly unsettling investigation into love and damnation. This is life seen from the very bottom of the bottle - a fitting succesor to classic noir writers such as Jim Thompson and David Goodis.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Main
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 13 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 1852427981
ISBN 13: 9781852427986
Book Overview: The third novel in Derek Raymond's Factory detective crime series