The Deadly Percheron

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A memory loss mystery set in wartime New York Who stole George Matthews' life? 'Doctor, I think I'm losing my mind...' When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews... Read More
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The Deadly Percheron

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A memory loss mystery set in wartime New York

Who stole George Matthews' life?

'Doctor, I think I'm losing my mind...'

When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory – and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity.

With its unique atmosphere of threat, secrets and madness, The Deadly Percheron is a great New York noir novel. The extraordinary climax – in an abandoned Coney Island Fun House – has to be read to be believed.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241687024

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Cover design or artwork by Tom Etherington

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 158g

Pages: 208

About the Author

John Franklin Bardin, in a frenzy of activity from 1946-8, wrote back-to-back the three novels - The Deadly Percheron, The Last of Philip Banter and Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly - that would ensure his cult reputation. He worked in advertising and as an editor and teacher and died in New York City in 1981.

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