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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Author: Barbara Vine
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) — This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To so...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140272345
ISBN-10: 0140272348
Publication Date: 3/2/2006
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Gardners Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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The book wants to be literature but it's not.
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I really enjoyed this book.
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This book was highly recommended to me - and I would have never finished it if it hadn't been! Slow starting and British, but I kept with it and it continued to draw me in until I wanted to finish it.
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When succesful author Gerald Candless dies of a sudden heart attack, his eldest, adoring daughter Sarah embarks on a memoir of him and soon discovers that her perfect father was not all he appeared to be. That infact he wasn't Gerald Candless at all. But then, who was he? And what terrible secret had driven him to live a lie for all those years?


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