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Jul 22, 2019 the company of strangers by wilson, robert. While stories of marriage and longlost relatives were a mainstay of classic victorian fiction, barry mccrea suggests that rival countercurrents within these family plots set the stage for the formal innovations of joyce and proust. Mystery, women mathematicians, british, fiction, world war, 19391945. The other standalone novel, the company of strangers, is more of a love story than a crime novel.
I loved robert wilson s book a small death in lisbon so came to chief inspector falcon with a prejudice in favour. The standalone book a small death in lisbon won the gold dagger award as the best crime novel of the year from britains crime writers association. In the torrid summer heat, as the streets of the capital seethe with spies and informer. He is the winner of the 1999 cwa gold dagger award. Wilson is the author of the bruce medway series, set in and around benin, west africa, and the javier falcon series, set largely in seville, spain. Robert wilson books list of books by author robert wilson. The portuguese books a small death in lisbon the company of strangers wilson s narrative is calm, chilly and engrossing. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Wilson, including ten presidents from fdr to george bush character above all, and modern book collecting, and more on. A graduate of oxford university, he has worked in shipping, advertising, and trading in africa, and has lived in greece. Mar 31, 2017 author of instruments of darkness, the company of strangers, silent and the damned, the big killing, capital punishment, the ignorance of blood, the blind man of seville, a small death in lisbon wilson, robert open library. Misspelt definition and meaning collins english dictionary.
Robert wilsons intricate noir thriller the blind man of seville constantly reminded me of the classic detective novels of the 1940s with their subtle complexities, solid storylines and indepth characters. Dont know what it is as ive had a remarkably unremarkably comfortable life but wilson awakens. Wilsons spare prose style never becomes skeletal, and the characters, while lightly sketched, remain believable. My notes are informal and often contain quotes from the book as well as my own thoughts.
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