At Death's Door (Inspector Idwal Meredith #2)
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- Synopsis
- With At Death's Door, Barnard gives us two of his best characters ever: Benedict Cotterel, a former sexual rake and one of the great novelists of his generation, who now lies fading from life on what promises to be his deathbed; and Benedict's one-time mistress, Dame Myra Mason, a renowned and temperamental actress, mother of Cotterel's illegitimate daughter, Cordelia. Myra hates Benedict, who one put a nasty but all-too-true version of her into one of his novels. Myra took Benedict to court to stop its publications, and she's never forgiven him for making her look the fool.Cordelia hates Myra for being a terrible mother. Always the performer, Myra consistently destroyed whatever self-confidence her child might have had.Benedict appears to be too far gone to hate anybody. But he does have his good days, when he's able to pick up his tape recorder and dictate new wills eliminating his nearest and supposedly dearest.In contrast to the passionate triangle of Myra, Cordelia, and Benedict, we have Benedict's son, Roderick Cotterel, headmaster of a school for the handicapped. Roderick and his wife preside over their home, the Old Rectory, as a relative haven of peace in a topsy-turvy world.When long-lost half-sister Cordelia arrives to camp out on Roderick's lawn and Myra and her new husband descend on the nearby Red Lion pub fora three-day stay, the little village of Maudsley catapults into turmoil.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 203 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781476737249
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780684190013
- Publisher:
- Scribner
- Date of Addition:
- 12/14/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Robert Barnard
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.