A hovering of vultures
Main Author: | Barnard, Robert. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Scribner's : Maxwell Macmillan International,
c1993.
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Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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Physical Description: |
231 p. ; 25 cm. |
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ISBN: |
0684196255 |
Author Notes: |
Robert Barnard was born in Essex, England on November 23, 1936. He read English at Balliol College, Oxford. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was a professor. His first novel, Death of an Old Goat, was published in 1974. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 40 books including A Cry from the Dark, The Bones in the Attic, Posthumous Papers, Death in a Cold Climate, Sheer Torture, Political Suicide, The Missing Brontë, The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori, and A Charitable Body. He also wrote an illustrated biography of Emily Brontë and A Brontë Encyclopedia, compiled with Louise Barnard. He received numerous awards including the Nero Wolfe, Anthony, Agatha, Edgar and Macavity Awards. In 2003, he won the CWA Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of achievement. He died on September 19, 2013 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) |