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Beware of Johnny Washington - Based on ‘Send for Paul Temple’ (Paperback)
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Beware of Johnny Washington - Based on ‘Send for Paul Temple’ (Paperback)
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Republished for the first time since 1951, Beware of Johnny
Washington is Francis Durbridge’s clever reworking of the very
first Paul Temple radio serial using his new characters, the
amiable Johnny Washington and newspaper columnist Verity Glyn.
Includes as a bonus the first Paul Temple short story, ‘A Present
for Paul’. When a gang of desperate criminals begins leaving
calling cards inscribed ‘With the Compliments of Johnny
Washington’, the real Johnny Washington is encouraged by an
attractive newspaper columnist to throw in his lot with the police.
Johnny, an American ‘gentleman of leisure’ who has settled at a
quiet country house in Kent to enjoy the fishing, soon finds
himself involved with the mysterious Horatio Quince, a retired
schoolmaster who is on the trail of the gang’s unscrupulous
leader, the elusive ‘Grey Moose’. Best known for creating Paul
Temple for BBC radio in 1938, Francis Durbridge’s prolific output
of crime and mystery stories, encompassing plays, radio,
television, films and books, made him a household name for more
than 50 years. A new radio character, ‘Johnny Washington,
Esquire’, hit the airwaves in 1949, leading to the publication of
this one-off novel in 1951. This Detective Club classic is
introduced by writer and bibliographer Melvyn Barnes, author of
Francis Durbridge: A Centenary Appreciation, who reveals how Johnny
Washington’s only literary outing was actually a reworking of
Durbridge’s own Send for Paul Temple.
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Imprint: |
Collins Crime Club
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2021 |
Authors: |
Francis Durbridge
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Introduction by: |
Melvyn Barnes
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-833393-5 |
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LSN: |
0-00-833393-9 |
Barcode: |
9780008333935 |
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