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Burley Cross Postbox Theft

By Nicola Barker

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Burley Cross Postbox Theft

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From the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of Darkmans comes a comic epistolary novel of startling originality and wit. Reading other people’s letters is always a guilty pleasure. But for PC Roger Topping contemplating a cache of 27 undelivered missives, retrieved from a back alley in Skipton, it’s a job of work. The quaint village of Burley Cross has been plunged into turmoil by the theft of the contents of its postbox, and no-one is above suspicion. Yet Topping's investigation into the curtain-twitching lives of the eminently respectable Burley Cross residents not only uncovers the dark underbelly of his beat, but reveals a hitherto unknown strength of character buried deep within the young flatfoot. The denizens of Burley Cross inhabit a world of epic pettiness, where secrets are the currency. From complaints about dog shit to passive-aggressive fanmail, from biblical amateur dramatics to an Auction of Promises that goes staggeringly wrong, Nicola Barker’s epistolary novel is a work of immense comic range. Irresistibly mischievous, Burley Cross Postbox Theft is Alan Bennett with added Tamiflu, sex-therapy and cheap vodka.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2011-04-01
Publication Date:
2011-04-28
Publisher:
Harper Collins Publ. UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0007356285
ISBN13:
9780007356287
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
252 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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