The Bad Penny
John Blackburn
3.00 · 1 ratings · Published: 25 May 1985
The last of the prolific John Blackburn’s twenty-eight novels, The Bad Penny (1985) features the trademark blend of mystery, adventure, and horror that made him one of the most acclaimed British thriller writers of his generation. One of the scarcest of Blackburn’s books and long unobtainable, The Bad Penny is reprinted here for the first time ever.
‘John Blackburn is today’s master of horror.’ – 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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