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Blow the House Down

✍ Scribed by Blackburn, John;Schober, Adrian

Publisher: Valancourt Books
Year: 2017
Tongue: en-GB
Weight: 124 KB
Edition: First Valancourt Books edition 2017
Category: Fiction
City: Richmond, Virginia
ISBN: 1943910987

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The year is 1969, and in the British city of Randelwyck, racial tensions are simmering, the situation made worse by an acute housing shortage. Legendary architect Sir George Strand has a solution: two new state-of-the-art high-rise apartment towers linked by walkway bridges, symbolizing the bridging of differences and a closer link between the divided citizenry. But when a professor hints there may be a dangerous flaw in the blueprints, he quickly winds up dead. What is Sir George's real agenda, and how is it connected to the centuries-old legend of the Skulda?

John Blackburn (1923-1993) was regarded as one of the great British mystery and thriller writers of his time. This first-ever reprint of Blow the House Down (1970), one of his scarcest books, includes a new introduction by Adrian Schober. Sixteen other thrillers, mysteries, and horror novels by Blackburn are also available from Valancourt.

✦ Subjects

Racism -- Fiction

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