A Beastly Business
John Blackburn
3.00 · 1 ratings · Published: 30 Mar 1982
A Beastly Business (1982) features the trademark blend of mystery, adventure, and horror that made John Blackburn (1923-1993) one of the most acclaimed British thriller writers of his generation. One of the scarcest of Blackburn’s books and long unobtainable, A Beastly Business is reprinted here for the first time ever.
“Our only current writer who can induce such terror as the Grimm Brothers did.” – Times Literary Supplement
“He is certainly the best British novelist in his field and deserves the widest recognition.” – Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural
“[A] stylish, genuinely chilling author ... undoubtedly one of England’s best practicing novelists in the tradition of the thriller novel.” – St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers
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