Simon Kurt Unsworth
Forfatter af The Devil's Detective: A Novel
Om forfatteren
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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Serier
Værker af Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Church on the Island 3 eksemplarer
Rough Music 2 eksemplarer
Mami Wata 2 eksemplarer
Private Ambulance (short story) 1 eksemplar
The Hurting Words 1 eksemplar
The Lemon In The Pool 1 eksemplar
N (in M is for Monster - PRESCOTT) 1 eksemplar
PseudoPod 388: The Cotswold Olimpicks 1 eksemplar
The Cotswold Olimpicks 1 eksemplar
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Black Static 18 2 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1972
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Manchester, England, UK
- Agent
- John Berlyne (Zeno Agency)
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 19
- Also by
- 31
- Medlemmer
- 362
- Popularitet
- #66,319
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 30
- ISBN
- 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.… (mere)