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The Golden Child

Penelope Fitzgerald, Charles Saumarez Smith

From Shelf: Debut books written by authors over the age of 50

'The Golden Child', Penelope Fitzgerald's first work of fiction, is a classically plotted British mystery centred around the arrival of the Golden Child at a London museum.

'The Golden Child', Penelope Fitzgerald's first work of fiction, is a classically plotted British mystery centred around the arrival of the Golden Child at a London museum.

Far be it for the hapless Waring Smith, junior officer at a prominent London museum, to expect any kind of thanks for his work on the opening of the year's biggest exhibition - The Golden Child. But when he is nearly strangled to death by a shadowy assailant and packed off to Moscow to negotiate with a mysterious curator, he finds himself at the centre of a sinister web of conspiracy, fraudulent artifacts and murder...

Her first novel and a comic gem, 'The Golden Child' is written with the sharp wit and unerring eye for human foibles that mark Penelope Fitzgerald out as a truly inimitable author, and one to be cherished.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
192
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
9780006546252
Published Date:
22/8/1994
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight:
270g
Category:
Crime & mystery

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780006546252


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