by Michael Innes · El País · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496390027
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«Hamlet, venganza!» is the crime novel by Michael Innes, published by El País in hardcover (362 pages, in Spanish).
During an amateur performance of Hamlet at the mansion of the Crispin bankers, a shot interrupts the play: the actor playing Polonius is found dead behind the curtains. Days earlier, some guests had received messages promising revenge. Detective John Appleby faces a case among high society.
Second novel in the series featuring Detective Sir John Appleby, originally published in 1937 as Hamlet, Revenge!. This Spanish edition is from 2004, in the Serie Negra collection by El País (no. 43).
For readers of classic British crime fiction and golden age mystery, with a theatrical atmosphere and references to Shakespeare.
John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes. He is known for his Sir John Appleby series, which started with Death at the President's Lodging (1936).
