The Pursued

By: C. S. Forester

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Paperback | 24 October 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Marjorie had never seen a dead body until she got home one summer evening and found her sister with her head in the oven. She looked peaceful, as if she was asleep. Their mother suspects, however, that Dot's death was far from natural - and that she knows who the killer is. Slowly and meticulously, she plots her terrible revenge.

C. S. Forester's 1935 thriller The Pursued, lost for decades, rewrote the traditions of crime fiction to create a dark, twisted portrayal of obsession and retribution.

'A riveting read.' Sarah Waters

'A brilliant tale of twisted minds in suburban Thirties London.' Daily Telegraph

'Skilful and chilling . . . a tense psychological drama.' Sunday Times

'Exposes the passions that lurk behind the net curtains of lower-middle-class suburbia ... teeming with atmosphere.' The Times

'Murder, lust, obsession, retribution, they're all here.' Daily Mail

Industry Reviews

C. S. Forester is a splendid storyteller * Guardian *
I recommend Forester to every literate I know -- Ernest Hemingway
The Pursued is a wonderful, almost miraculous discovery: a hitherto unknown crime novel by an author who is the unsung godfather of English noir * Andrew Taylor *
Forester has a great eye and a subtle understanding of the dangerous passions lurking just beneath the surface of everyday life. A riveting read. * Sarah Waters *
a tale of very English murder, it foreshadows the unease of metropolitan life in its near-contemporaries, George Orwell's Coming Up for Air, Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square and Graham Greene's Brighton Rock -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
A brilliant tale of twisted minds in suburban Thirties London * Daily Telegraph *
Skilful and chilling ... a tense psychological drama * Sunday Times *
Murder, lust, obsession, retribution, they're all here * Daily Mail *
Exposes the passions that lurk behind the net curtains of lower-middle-class suburbia ... teeming with atmosphere * The Times *

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