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    The Twenty-Year Death (Hardback) By (author) Ariel S. Winter

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    Short Description for The Twenty-Year Death Presents the story of an author whose life is shattered when violence and tragedy consume the people closest to him.
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    Title
    The Twenty-Year Death
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Ariel S. Winter
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 672
    Width: 156 mm
    Height: 234 mm
    Thickness: 55 mm
    Weight: 971 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780857685810
    ISBN 10: 0857685813
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: FIC050000
    BISAC category code: FIC022000
    Dewey: 813/.6
    BISAC category code: FIC022010
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: F2.1
    Dewey: FIC
    Edition
    1
    Publisher
    Titan Books Ltd
    Imprint name
    Titan Books Ltd
    Publication date
    07 August 2012
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Main description
    THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BOOK LIKE THE TWENTY-YEAR DEATH A breathtaking first novel written in the form of three separate crime novels, each set in a different decade and penned in the style of a different giant of the mystery genre. 1931— The body found in the gutter in France led the police inspector to the dead man’s beautiful daughter—and to her hot-tempered American husband. 1941— A hardboiled private eye hired to keep a movie studio’s leading lady happy uncovers the truth behind the brutal slaying of a Hollywood starlet. 1951— A desperate man pursuing his last chance at redemption finds himself with blood on his hands and the police on his trail... Three complete novels that, taken together, tell a single epic story, about an author whose life is shattered when violence and tragedy consume the people closest to him. It is an ingenious and emotionally powerful debut performance from literary detective and former bookseller Ariel S. Winter, one that establishes this talented newcomer as a storyteller of the highest caliber.
    Review quote
    "Bold, innovative, and thrilling - The Twenty-Year Death crackles with suspense and will keep you up late." (Stephen King) "It's a virtuoso act of literary recreation that's both astonishingly faithful and wildly, audaciously original. One hell of a debut." (James Frey) "The Twenty-Year Death is a bravura debut, ingenious and assured, and a fitting tribute to the trio of illustrious ghosts who are looking - with indulgence, surely - over Ariel Winter's shoulder." (John Banville)"
    Biographical note
    A long-time bookseller, Ariel S. Winter is also the author of the forthcoming children's picture book One of a Kind (Aladdin) and of the blog We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie. His writing has appeared in The Urbanite and on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and in 2008 he won the Free Press "Who Can Save Us Now?" short story contest. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.