MASON, A. E. W.

The House of the Arrow

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. First Edition; Twenty-Eighth Impression. Original blindstamped board. Top & fore edge somewhat foxed. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. Dustjacket somewhat worn and soiled. Several small tears to top and bottom edges of dustjacket. ; 18.1 x 11.5 x 3 cms; vi, 320 pages. Very Good- in Good dust jacket .

Literary Cat BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 62654

Catalogue: Detective Fiction

Keywords: Mysteries Adventure

PRYCE, MALCOLM

The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth

London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006. First Paperback Edition; First Impression. Original Decorated Wrappers. ISBN: 074757894X. 9780747578949; Signed copy. Spine, covers & corners somewhat worn. Slight damage to front & back cover lower right corners. Slight damage to upper back cover. ; 203 X 254 X 47 millimeters; 272 pages; Malcolm Pryce, born in 1960 in Shrewsbury, England, is a British author renowned for his noir detective novels set in the fictionalized version of Aberystwyth, Wales. After moving to Aberystwyth at the age of nine, he attended Penglais Comprehensive School before embarking on various jobs, including working as a BMW assembly-line worker in Germany, a hotel washer-up, and a deckhand on a yacht in Polynesia. He later became an advertising copywriter in London and Singapore. In 1998, he left his advertising career to focus on writing, producing his debut novel, Aberystwyth Mon Amour, which introduced the character Louie Knight, a private detective navigating the city's underworld. Pryce has since authored several novels in the Aberystwyth Noir series, blending elements of classic detective fiction with a unique Welsh setting. He currently resides in Oxford.. Good+ .

Literary Cat BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 62786

Catalogue: Detective Fiction

Keywords: 074757894x 9780747578949 Humour Writers English