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The Minerva Club might look like any other London gentlemens club but behind its respectable and discreet façade, some of the most ambitious schemes for heists, money-making and evasion of the law are being worked out. Its an exclusive club for criminals. Entry qualification: members must have served a prison sentence of two years minimum. Though the clubs criminal ventures dont always go as planned...From trying to break into an old prison cell and stealing a stash of jewels hidden during a previous incarceration, love getting in the way during a hideout from the police, a cleverly planned break-in being interrupted by an unexpected guest, to figuring out where to steal a last-minute wedding cake - the clubs amiable criminals somehow always achieve their goal in the most surprising ways. This collection of five short stories follows the Minerva Clubs (mis)adventures and evokes the very best of humorous classic crime fiction.Praise for Victor Canning: His gift of story-telling is obviously innate. Rarely does one come on so satisfying an amalgam of plot, characterisation and good writing. PunchQuite delightful ... with an atmosphere of quiet contentment and humour that cannot fail to charm. Daily TelegraphA swift-moving novel, joyous, happy and incurably optimistic. Evening StandardThere is such a gentle humour in the book. Daily SketchWhat counts for most in the story ... is his mounting pleasure in vagabondage and the English scene. The TimesA paean to the beauties of the English countryside and the lovable oddities of the English character. New York Times
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Duckworth Books Ltd
