| The Hemingway Caper: A Joe Barley Mystery Contributor(s): Wright, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550024515 ISBN-13: 9781550024517 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Joe Barley, full-time English professor and part-time private detective, is given a simple case: to track Jason Tyler and find proof of his adultery. But as he's investigating, Barley stumbles across the story of a missing manuscript containing writings by a young Ernest Hemingway. What is Tyler's connection to the Hemingway papers? And why does Tyler's wife insist that Barley stay on the case, long after he's come up with the required evidence of Tyler's infidelity? While these questions hang over Barley, his own life is complicated by academic politics, and challenges to his monogamous relationship with his longtime partner, Carole. Set in Toronto, "The Hemingway Caper is the second book in the Joe Barley series. The first, "The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn, won the prestigious Barry Award. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004463601 |
| Series: Joe Barley Mystery |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.46" W x 8.46" (0.60 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Ontario |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Joe Barley, full-time English professor and part-time private detective, is given a simple case: to track Jason Tyler and find proof of his adultery. But as he's investigating, Barley stumbles across the story of a missing manuscript containing writings by a young Ernest Hemingway. What is Tyler's connection to the Hemingway papers? And why does Tyler's wife insist that Barley stay on the case, long after he's come up with the required evidence of Tyler's infidelity? While these questions hang over Barley, his own life is complicated by academic politics, and challenges to his monogamous relationship with his longtime partner, Carole. Set in Toronto, The Hemingway Caper is the second book in the Joe Barley series. The first, The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn, won the prestigious Barry Award. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wright, Eric: - Eric Wright is the author of four detective series. The first Charlie Salter book won the Arthur Ellis Award, the John Creasey Award, and the City of Toronto Book Award. Wright has also written a comic novel and an engaging memoir of growing up in working-class London, England. |