Simon Kurt Unsworth
Autor de The Devil's Detective: A Novel
Sobre El Autor
Simon Kurt Unsworth was born in Manchester, United Kingdom. He is the author of many short stories, including the collection Quiet Houses. His first novel, The Devil's Detective, was published in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Series
Obras de Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Church on the Island 3 copias
Rough Music 2 copias
Mami Wata 2 copias
Private Ambulance (short story) 1 copia
The Hurting Words 1 copia
The Lemon In The Pool 1 copia
The Cotswold Olimpicks 1 copia
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Black Static 18 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1972
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Manchester, England, UK
- Agente
- John Berlyne (Zeno Agency)
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 19
- También por
- 31
- Miembros
- 359
- Popularidad
- #66,805
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 30
- ISBNs
- 33
Drawing loosely on Dante's Inferno and a bit of Pilgrim's Progress, with a health dose of Good Omens, this story is about a detective, or Information Man, whose job it is to investigate murders in Hell for the Bureaucracy. A strange murder just at the start of a delegates' visit from Heaven starts Thomas Fool investigating, and that murder soon becomes a whole string of them, caused by a mysterious serial killer who doesn't seem to fit any profile Fool knows. I love the way Hell is depicted, and the fire-and-brimstones fan Balthazar, a visiting angel who is constantly annoyed and impatient at the seemingly nice, pleasant state Hell has become.I hope this is the first in a series, because it certainly seems to lend itself to at least a sequel.… (más)