Of Death But Once
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: binding remains tight. Pages: some glue residue on the dj and endpapers.
A shadowy world of danger and deception unfolds in Of Death But Once, a gripping crime thriller from Australian author Roy Bulcock, published by the Melbourne-based F. W. Cheshire imprint. The novel draws readers into a taut narrative where mortality looms large and the line between hunter and hunted blurs with every turn of the page, immersing the protagonist — and the reader — in a web of calculated menace and desperate consequence. Bulcock's prose carries the muscular, no-nonsense cadence characteristic of mid-century Australian crime fiction, a tradition that prized atmosphere and psychological tension over mere procedural plotting. Writing with a firm command of pacing and character, he illustrates how the spectre of death can reshape ordinary lives in extraordinary ways. A rarity from an underappreciated corner of antipodean literary history, Of Death But Once is a testament to the vitality of Australian genre writing — and a reminder that some threats, once set in motion, can only end one way.
Author: Roy Bulcock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1947, F. W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd.
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: binding remains tight. Pages: some glue residue on the dj and endpapers.
A shadowy world of danger and deception unfolds in Of Death But Once, a gripping crime thriller from Australian author Roy Bulcock, published by the Melbourne-based F. W. Cheshire imprint. The novel draws readers into a taut narrative where mortality looms large and the line between hunter and hunted blurs with every turn of the page, immersing the protagonist — and the reader — in a web of calculated menace and desperate consequence. Bulcock's prose carries the muscular, no-nonsense cadence characteristic of mid-century Australian crime fiction, a tradition that prized atmosphere and psychological tension over mere procedural plotting. Writing with a firm command of pacing and character, he illustrates how the spectre of death can reshape ordinary lives in extraordinary ways. A rarity from an underappreciated corner of antipodean literary history, Of Death But Once is a testament to the vitality of Australian genre writing — and a reminder that some threats, once set in motion, can only end one way.