
Murder in a Cathedral
Ruth Dudley Edwards(Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 16. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-00-649864-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ruth Dudley Edwards's wickedly funny series taking an irreverent look at the British Establishment continues with this burlesque in a bishopric.
For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when Norm Cooper, an austere, intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, the announcement is met with shock, outrage and fear.
David Elworthy, the gentle and politically innocent new bishop, is distraught at the prospect of warfare between the factions; contentious issues include the camp lady chapel and the gay memorial under construction in the deanery garden. Desperate for help, Elworthy cries on the shoulder of his old friend the redoubtable Baroness Troutbeck, who forces her unofficial troubleshooter, Robert Amiss, to move into the bishop's palace.
Amiss, Troutbeck and the cat Plutarch address themselves in their various ways to the bishop's problems, which very soon include a clerical corpse in the cathedral. Is it suicide? Or is it murder? And who is likely to be next?
For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High Church gays, so when Norm Cooper, an austere, intolerant, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, the announcement is met with shock, outrage and fear.
David Elworthy, the gentle and politically innocent new bishop, is distraught at the prospect of warfare between the factions; contentious issues include the camp lady chapel and the gay memorial under construction in the deanery garden. Desperate for help, Elworthy cries on the shoulder of his old friend the redoubtable Baroness Troutbeck, who forces her unofficial troubleshooter, Robert Amiss, to move into the bishop's palace.
Amiss, Troutbeck and the cat Plutarch address themselves in their various ways to the bishop's problems, which very soon include a clerical corpse in the cathedral. Is it suicide? Or is it murder? And who is likely to be next?
Reviews / Votes
'Splendid fun and a complete delight to read... She is unique'John Welcome, Irish Independent
'The clever plot takes second place to the ebullience of the writing and spot-on inventiveness of the satire'
Marcel Berlins, The Times
'Sprightly, saucy and ingenious'
John Coleman, Sunday Times
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
121 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-649864-3 (9780006498643)
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Person
Ruth Dudley Edwards was born in Dublin and now lives in London. A historian and prize-winning biographer, her most recent non-fiction includes the authorized history of the Economist and a portrait of the British Foreign Office, written without its co-operation.