Two-Thirds Of A Ghost
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
What do you do when a dead man seems to write his own obituary? Two-Thirds of a Ghost is a masterfully constructed mystery in which psychiatrist-detective Dr. Basil Willing is drawn into a chilling puzzle surrounding the death of a science fiction writer whose eerily prophetic manuscript appears to have foretold the very circumstances of his own demise. Set against the mid-century world of pulp publishing and literary intrigue, the novel chronicles a labyrinthine investigation where the line between imagination and reality dissolves with unsettling precision. Helen McCloy, one of the most criminally underappreciated voices in the golden age of American detective fiction, brings her signature blend of psychological acuity and rigorous plotting to bear in this late entry in the Basil Willing series. Her prose is cool, intelligent, and laced with a quiet menace that rewards the attentive reader, while her command of motive and deception rivals that of her more celebrated contemporaries. First published in the UK by Victor Gollancz in 1957, this is a novel that leaves you questioning how well any of us can truly predict — or escape — our fate.
Author: Helen Mccloy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
What do you do when a dead man seems to write his own obituary? Two-Thirds of a Ghost is a masterfully constructed mystery in which psychiatrist-detective Dr. Basil Willing is drawn into a chilling puzzle surrounding the death of a science fiction writer whose eerily prophetic manuscript appears to have foretold the very circumstances of his own demise. Set against the mid-century world of pulp publishing and literary intrigue, the novel chronicles a labyrinthine investigation where the line between imagination and reality dissolves with unsettling precision. Helen McCloy, one of the most criminally underappreciated voices in the golden age of American detective fiction, brings her signature blend of psychological acuity and rigorous plotting to bear in this late entry in the Basil Willing series. Her prose is cool, intelligent, and laced with a quiet menace that rewards the attentive reader, while her command of motive and deception rivals that of her more celebrated contemporaries. First published in the UK by Victor Gollancz in 1957, this is a novel that leaves you questioning how well any of us can truly predict — or escape — our fate.