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![]() | Blue Rondo (2005) (Flesh Wounds) (The fifth book in the Frederick Troy series) A novel by John Lawton |
The new 'Troy' from John Lawton is a gem. The backdrop is London in the late 1950s. The East End is ripe for redevelopment; the property sharks are buying up the bombsites and Victorian terraces; corruption is rife; the Kray brothers are running amok; Macmillan is PM of a shaky Tory government; Gaitskell expects to succeed as the first Labour PM for almost a decade to the delight of Troy's brothers, one an MP, the other a Fleet Street editor. Troy's last big case had been to protect the Russian leaders, Bulganin and Khrushchev on their first visit to Britain in 1956. Now a series of increasingly sadistic murders occurs on his old East End patch; a wartime girlfriend, who became a GI bride - since married to a Republican Presidential candidate - reappears into his life. Nor is she the only woman to occupy his bed in the tiny terraced flat in Goodwin's Court, off St Martin's Lane. When the retiring US President Eisenhower makes a farewll visit to London, all Troy's worlds combine in a frightening creshendo of corruption and violence. The title, Blue Rondo, is taken from a Dave Brubeck record.
Genre: Thriller
Genre: Thriller
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Hardback Editions
April 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Blue Rondo Author(s): John Lawton ISBN: 0-297-64679-6 / 978-0-297-64679-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Flesh Wounds Author(s): John Lawton ISBN: 0-87113-698-8 / 978-0-87113-698-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2004 : Hardback
| Title: Flesh Wounds Author(s): John Lawton Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Pr Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Blue Rondo Author(s): John Lawton ISBN: 0-7538-1894-9 / 978-0-7538-1894-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Flesh Wounds: An Inspector Troy Novel (A Black cat book) Author(s): John Lawton ISBN: 0-8021-4230-3 / 978-0-8021-4230-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2005 : Paperback
| Title: Blue Rondo Author(s): John Lawton Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
February 2007 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Blue Rondo Author(s): John Lawton ISBN: 1-84648-166-X / 9781846481666 (UK edition) Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Limited Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Blue Rondo Author(s): John Lawton ISBN: 1-84648-184-8 / 9781846481840 (UK edition) Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Limited Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
May 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: Blue Rondo Author(s): John Lawton Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
December 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: Flesh Wounds: An Inspector Troy Novel (A Black cat book) Author(s): John Lawton Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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