Odd Man Out Valancourt 20th Century Classics

Download or read book Odd Man Out (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) written by F. L. Green and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A spellbinder . . . takes hold before the first shot is fired' - New York Times 'Rarely does a tale about pursuers and pursued reach the intensity of fear, uncertainty and apprehension' - New York World-Telegram 'Of unusual interest and distinction . . . very moving . . . produces effects of high and painful excitement' - Spectator An Irish Republican Army plot goes horribly wrong when its leader, Johnny Murtah, kills an innocent man and is himself gravely wounded. As the police close in on Johnny, his compatriots must make a daring bid to rescue him. But they are not the only ones in pursuit: an impoverished artist, a saintly priest, a sleazy informer, and a beautiful young woman all have their own reasons to be desperate to find him. Meanwhile Johnny wanders the streets injured and alone, trapped in a delirious nightmare, surrounded on all sides by betrayal and faced with the realization that he may die that night with the stain of murder on his soul. As the action unfolds over eight hours of a cold Belfast night, the suspense builds towards an explosive conclusion. Both a critical success and a bestseller, F. L. Green's masterful thriller Odd Man Out (1945) is best known today as the basis for the classic 1947 film adaptation directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason. This edition, the first in over 30 years, features a new introduction by Adrian McKinty.

Download or read book The Great Wash written by Gerald Kersh and published by London, Heinemann [1953]. This book was released on 1953 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Angel Pavement written by John Boynton Priestley and published by Great Northern. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Angel Pavement' provides readers with a vivid picture of London life before the war and the Blitz changed everything dramatically. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story centres around the arrival of a mysterious Mr. Golspie at Twigg & Dersingham from the Baltic region.

Download or read book The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) written by Robert Aickman and published by Valancourt Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An omnibus collection featuring some of the finest works of a master of weird fiction" One of the preeminent writers of weird fiction, Robert Aickman is celebrated for his unsettling and often ambiguous "strange stories," but he once wrote that "those, if any, who wish to know more about me, should plunge beneath the frivolous surface of "The Late Breakfasters,"" his only novel, originally published in 1964. In "The Late Breakfasters," young Griselda de Reptonville is invited by Mrs. Hatch to a house party at her country estate, Beams (which, incidentally, is haunted). There, amidst an array of eccentric characters and bizarre happenings, she will meet the love of her life, Louise. But when their short-lived relationship is cruelly cut short, Griselda must embark on a quest to recapture the happiness she has lost. Never before published in the United States and long unobtainable, Aickman's odd and whimsical novel is joined in this omnibus volume by six of his finest weird tales (three of them making their first-ever American appearance): "My Poor Friend," "The Visiting Star," "Larger Than Oneself," "A Roman Question," "Mark Ingestre: The Customer's Tale," and "Rosamund's Bower," as well as a new introduction by Philip Challinor. "A master of the creepy, the uncanny and the strange." - "Wall Street Journal" "Reading Robert Aickman is like watching a magician work." - Neil Gaiman "Robert Aickman at his best was this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories." - Peter Straub

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Download or read book Odd Man Out written by Frederick Lawrence Green and published by Academy Chicago Pub. This book was released on 1982 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An IRA gunman, hunted and hiding in Belfast, comes into contact with and affects the lives of a number of local citizens