Dead Man Upright [Paperback]

Derek Raymond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1994

The fifth of the "Factory" series of bleak, atmospheric and subversive crime novels. An alcoholic ex-colleague of the nameless detective is suspicious of a lodger at his Chalk Farm bedsit. In 18 months six well-heeled middle-aged women have regularly visited the lodger, and then disappeared.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A bizarre mixture of Chandleresque elegance. . . and naked brutality"
—Dally Telegraph

"There remains no finer writing – crime or otherwise – about the state of Britain."
—David Peace, author of "The Red Riding Quartet."

“Hellishly bleak and moving”
—New Statesman

“Raw-edged, strong and disturbing stuff”
—The Scotsman --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Derek Raymond was the pseudonym of Robert Cook, born in London in 1931. The son of a textile magnate, he dropped out of Eton and rejected a life of privilege for a life of underworld adventure, which included working for London’s notorious Kray Brothers’ crime syndicate. His writing about that world culminated in the five Factory novels now seen as landmarks in British fiction: He Died with His Eyes Open, The Devil’s Home on Leave, How the Dead Live, I Was Dora Suarez, and Dead Man Upright. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0751509817
• ISBN-13: 978-0751509816
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,512,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)