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Book synopsis

The Pearlkillers, first published in 1986, is a collection of four novellas: 'Third Time Lucky', 'People to People', 'Captain Hendrik's Story', and 'Inheritance', the action of which gives the volume its title. "[Rachel Ingalls'] characters all bear the mark of Cain: They are innocents (no matter that some may be killers) who are swept along through tepid, flat circumstances until suddenly all hell breaks loose, and the Furies erupt to claim their prey...In her best work, Ingalls is as monochromatic as Edgar Allan Poe, going straight to her target with the same ease and surety as an arrow skims to its bull's-eye...And just as Poe's craft was exactly suited to the conventions of the short story form, so Ingalls' vision is exactly suited to the length and scope of the novella...Like Poe, Rachel Ingalls is more than a master storyteller: She is also a superb artist". (Los Angeles Times).

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Pearlkillers
• Author: Rachel Ingalls
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206
• EAN: 9780571299911
• ISBN: 0571299911
• ID: 04897072
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 244 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 136 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. May 2013

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