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Robert Amiss #8
Poisoned Pen Press
January 1999
On Sale: January 1, 1999
Featuring: Baroness Troutbeck; Robert Amiss
217 pages
ISBN: 1890208132
EAN: 9781890208134
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Mystery
British satirist Edwards continues to skewer the
Establishment with the misadventures of civil servant Robert
Amiss and the keen deductions of his sleuthing partner, the
irrepressible, irreverent Baroness "Jack" Troutbeck.
Edwards, who's filleted the Foreign Office, clobbered a
Cambridge college, jeered at gentlemen in their clubs, and
defrocked the clergy in past books, now pulverizes the world
of magazine publishing where to uphold traditions runs fatal
risks. Fictionalizing some of her own experiences as a journalist,
Edwards creates the revered political rag The Wrangler, then
sends in Amiss to sort out a hemorraghing cash flow, the
succession plans of its most noble patron, a takeover bid
from a strong-minded Australian woman (who has her eye on
Jack), antiquated procedures that will have you rolling on
the floor, preservation of a beautiful and historic London
town house as company headquarters, and the inevitable
little murder.... Amiss, long mired in inertia, is encouraged to break out of
the civil service mentality, sort out his own emotional
life, and Get On With It. Truly a lovely, very funny, and provocative book that asks
how we can balance what's worth keeping from our past with
where we need to go to survive the future?
Robert Amiss
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