John Brown's Body
A. L. Barker
John Brown's Body was shortlisted for the second annual Booker Prize in 1970. Marise Tomelty is the young wife of a travelling salesman, who dislikes sex and is terrified of open spaces. Ralph Shilling, a dealer in pesticides, lives in the flat above the Tomeltys'. One day Marise's husband casually mentions that he recognises Ralph as John Brown: a man acquitted, for lack of evidence, of the gruesome double murder of two sisters. Nevertheless, Marise encourages Ralph's attentions, intoxicated by a heady mix of passion and fear.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Hogarth
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN-13
- 9780571305681
- Genre
- Crime & ThrillerFiction
- Topics
- Obsession and fearSuspected murdererMarriage and desire
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1970)
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