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Noose, Paperback / softback Book

Noose Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The past is an inescapable noose around a young man's neck, in this blackly comic, satirical novel from renowned crime writer Bill JamesBritain, 1956.

A young actress seemingly tries to commit suicide over a tangled love affair, but is taken to hospital and her life saved.

The story is just the sort of thing that journalist Ian Charteris likes to cover: a poignant mix of near tragedy, possible thwarted romance, and glamour, needing sensitive but - of course - dramatic treatment.

It should be a routine assignment, a welcome assignment.

It would be, if it wasn't for the identity of the young woman.

She may - just may - be Ian's sister. The unwelcome reminder of the past drags Ian back into memories of places and events he'd rather forget.

As far as Ian is concerned, the past is a foreign country. And not just foreign. Fundamentally and cantankerously hostile. Vengeful, war-torn, dangerous. It is impossible to escape the past; the noose is already around Ian's neck, and every step he takes it tightens . . . And this is not the only noose.

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