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The burley cross postbox theft

Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

The burley cross postbox theft

By Nicola Barker

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About the book

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...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780007356287

Publisher

Fourth Estate

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The burley cross postbox theft

Format

Paperback

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