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Malice Aforethought

(1931)
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An extraordinary mystery landmark, brilliant and innovative, which not only "established a distinctive new subgenre of 'inverted' novels" (Malcolm Turnbull), but also, according to critic/author Julian Symons, begat "the post-war realistic crime novel."

Genre: Mystery

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"Begat the post-war realistic crime novel." - Julian Symons


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