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The Fiend in Human: A Victorian Thriller

The Fiend in Human: A Victorian Thriller


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It's 1852, and the ranks of the London poor have doubled. In the swollen shadow of the great St. Giles Rookery, fallen women attract the perfumed dandies of the West End into a vicious circle of venality, vanity, and vice.
Edmund Whitty, correspondent for The Falcon, the city's second-best sensational tabloid, writes whatever will stimulate the reader, delay his (increasingly physical) creditors, and supply him with the alcohol and opiates required to see him through the day. His most recent triumph was to supply a name for the fiend in human form who has murdered an uncertain number of prostitutes with a white silk scarf: Chokee Bill. Chokee Bill incited a garroting panic that paralyzed the business of London---until the arrest of one William Ryan. Normality has returned. The hangman, Mr. Calcraft, as dusty and dreary as death itself, awaits.
Broke again and in search of crisp copy, Whitty makes a shocking but not altogether surprising discovery: the white-scarf slayings have continued. When he endeavors to find the real Chokee Bill, he is greeted with emphatic hostility on all sides.
This thrilling Dickensian tale offers galvanizing suspense and an evocative and witty vision of life in Victorian London.


About the Author :
John MacLachlan Gray is a writer-composer-performer for the stage, film, television, radio, and print. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Los Angeles Critics Circle Award for playwriting, a Silver Hugo, and a gold at the New York Film and Television Festival. His musical play "Billy Bishop Goes to War" appeared on Broadway and subsequently became one of the most produced shows in North America. He lives in Vancouver with his personal demons.


Review :
"If you were one of those who made Caleb Carr's "The Alienist" a bestseller, you'll enjoy "The Fiend in Human.""--"The Charlotte Observer"
"Gray portrays the mean streets and byways of 1852 London with a skill worthy of Dickens."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Vivid characters, dead-on dialogue, and a galloping good plot make "The Fiend in Human" a tale irresistible."--Giles Blunt, author of "Forty Words for Sorrow"
"Great fiction--a perfect place, a perfect time, a perfectly intriguing cast of characters, and a perfectly diabolical villain."--Keith Ablow, author of "Compulsion"
"A wonderfully atmospheric thriller...It is a splendidly dark Victorian world and a novel which is hard to put down."--"Publishing News"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780312282844
  • Publisher: Minotaur Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Minotaur Books
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 640 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0312282842
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Victorian Thriller
  • Width: 163 mm


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