Judas!

Van Greenaway, Peter

Literature & Fiction

Gollancz

With this, his fifth novel, Peter Van Greenaway proves himself to be unquestionably a master of suspense. Each of his plots turns out to have a more shattering impact than the previous one. "The Man Who Held the Queen to Ransom and Sent Parliament Packing" was hailed in the Press as the "most astounding novel" of its year. Of its successor, "Judas!", R.C. Churchill said "as thrilling a story of suspense as any reader could desire"; the Manchester Evening News called it "a cliff-hanger"; and The Times declared, "This extraordinary book (which contains about three other novels) is impossible to set aside." Now Mr Van Greenaway comes up with something even more startling. The quiet opening, which suggests a detective story, is deceptive. A well known novelist, Morlar, has been battered almost to death; in fact, the police doctor pronounces him dead, but by some miracle of will-power, there's a flicker of life in him still, desperately holding on. Inspector Cherry of the Yard can find no conventional clues; but, an unconventional man, he begins to explore Morlar's mind, as revealed in his novels and in interviews with his psychiatrist, Zonfeld. The story builds up to a climax of agonising suspense.

The Medusa Touch

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Take the war to Washington

Suffer! little children: A novel

Genre Fiction

Moscow is staging a show trial, of one of its most challenging dissidents, Ivan Errogin, the author of a series of blisteringly subversive short stories. Agitation in support of Errogin builds up in the West. Our leading newspaper sends its top correspondent to cover the trial. And when Errogin's sentence is, surprisingly, deportation, Britain welcomes him, and the newspaper takes him under its wing. But there are wheels within wheels within wheels here. The dissident is a fake, set up by the KGB. The trial is meant to lead the West up the garden, and does. The prosecution has the best of all the exchanges. And yet, the KGB is not getting things all its own way. The false Errogin turns out to be nobody's stooge, but emphatically his own man. He startles the Russians with the bite of his satire. And he startles the British with his bitter reactions to our own culture. Here is a highly controversial novel that forces its readers into many reappraisals. It is also wickedly funny: in the clash of wits between the KGB colonel and the wily and incorrigible 'Errogin'; in its portrayal of the bizarre Moscow colony of dissidents; in its high-lighting of the crass follies of our professional Red-baiters. Once again Peter Van Greenaway surprises, stimulates, infuriates and delights.

The Dissident

Six stories examine the paradoxes, complexities, and ironies of modern life in Ireland, England, and the U.S

The Immortal Coil: Short Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Victor Gollancz

Inspector Cherry of Scotland Yard and his assistant, Sergeant Duff, investigate the controversial sale of an important Christian relic

The Killing Cup

The Judas Gospel.

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