by Marcel Theroux · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114989
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«The Paperchase» is the mystery novel by Marcel Theroux, published by Abacus in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Damien March, a BBC journalist, inherits the house of his eccentric uncle Patrick on Ionia, a remote island off Cape Cod. Going through his belongings, he finds letters and writings that shed light on his solitary life, and the fragment of an unpublished novel, The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes, whose reflection in Patrick turns his investigation into a mystery.
Novel winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2002. The action takes place on Ionia, a remote island off the coast of Cape Cod.
For readers of contemporary fiction and mystery, particularly those who enjoy the reinterpretation of classic characters such as Mycroft Holmes.
Marcel Raymond Theroux is an English-American novelist and broadcaster. He has written novels such as The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase (2001), A Blow to the Heart (2006), Far North (2009), and Strange Bodies (2013). He won the Somerset Maugham Award for The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Strange Bodies. He has also hosted documentaries on various topics and worked for TV news stations in New York City and Boston.
