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Birthday Party (Paperback)
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" A] first-class psychological study . . . the character drawing,
although a little cruel, is admirably done and the writing is
consistently excellent." - "Times Literary Supplement"
"It is original, it is strangely exciting, and the logic of its
plan is repeated in the behaviour of its characters." - L. P.
Hartley
"It is really a detective story in which the clues, instead of
being actual, are psychological. The reader is made to feel all the
tension and curiosity which a good crime novel inspires, and he is
not disappointed." - "The Tablet"
Twelve years ago Claude Carlice was found dead of a gunshot wound.
The verdict was suicide brought on by a fit of insanity, but his
sister Isabel has never believed it. Now the day approaches when
Claude's son Ronnie will come of age and take possession of Carlice
Abbey. Preparations for the birthday party are underway, but it
will not be a festive occasion: Ronnie, who has imbibed Marxist
ideas at Oxford, intends to throw his aunt and stepmother out of
the house and sign the entire estate over to the Communist Party
for use as a propaganda centre. As tensions rise and the big day
arrives, a strange series of events will unfold, revealing the
scandalous truth behind Claude's death and resulting in an
unexpected fate for Carlice Abbey and its occupants.
C.H.B. Kitchin (1895-1967) was both a best-selling crime writer
and a critically acclaimed author of literary fiction. In "Birthday
Party" (1938), he combined the two, resulting in a novel that is
both a fascinating examination of a changing English society on the
eve of the Second World War and a suspenseful psychological mystery
full of unexpected twists and turns. This first-ever republication
includes a reproduction of the original jacket art and a new
introduction by Adrian Wright.
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