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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
March 12, 1987
Pages
230
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345342898
ISBN-10
0345342895
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.64 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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L.A. Confidential | A Swollen Red Sun | The Shark-Infested Custard | Dead Man Upright | I Was Dora Suarez | The Devil's Home on Leave | How the Dead Live
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: “A unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme.”—Guardian
In the three police procedurals that comprise the Factory Series, Derek Raymond has created a narrator who threatens to become a cult figure while preserving his anonymity. A loner and cynic, undervalued and underpaid, our hero is a nameless detective sergeant in the Department of Unexplained Deaths, a catch-all unit that investigates low-life crimes and is shunned by the blokes in the Serious Crimes Division of the Metropolitan Police.
But our narrator, working out of the Factory, named by the villains because it has a bad reputation for doing suspects over in the interrogation rooms, is fired by a real feeling for justice. He believes that an alcoholic, found obscenely battered to death in a seedy, down-and-out part of London, deserves as much official attention as, say, a dead politician. This “nobody” becomes a somebody—a kindred spirit who left behind a strange legacy. Our cop becomes obsessed by the case. But even he could not have imagined how vicious, evil, and perversely attractive his opponent will turn out to be.
In the three police procedurals that comprise the Factory Series, Derek Raymond has created a narrator who threatens to become a cult figure while preserving his anonymity. A loner and cynic, undervalued and underpaid, our hero is a nameless detective sergeant in the Department of Unexplained Deaths, a catch-all unit that investigates low-life crimes and is shunned by the blokes in the Serious Crimes Division of the Metropolitan Police.
But our narrator, working out of the Factory, named by the villains because it has a bad reputation for doing suspects over in the interrogation rooms, is fired by a real feeling for justice. He believes that an alcoholic, found obscenely battered to death in a seedy, down-and-out part of London, deserves as much official attention as, say, a dead politician. This “nobody” becomes a somebody—a kindred spirit who left behind a strange legacy. Our cop becomes obsessed by the case. But even he could not have imagined how vicious, evil, and perversely attractive his opponent will turn out to be.
Editions
Paperback
With James Sallis (other contributor) |
from Melville Pub House (October 4, 2011)
9781935554578 | details & prices | 211 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.95
About: As it turns out, a dead man can tell stories.
About: As it turns out, a dead man can tell stories.
With James Sallis (other contributor) |
from Serpents Tail (October 31, 2006)
9781852427962 | details & prices | 211 pages | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Â âA unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme.
About: Â âA unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme.
Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (September 1, 1988)
9780345356833 | details & prices | List price $3.50
About: A detective sergeant in the Department of Unexplained Deaths investigates the brutal murder of an alcoholic bum in a sleazy section of London and uncovers the victim's strange legacy, as well as a vicious killer
About: A detective sergeant in the Department of Unexplained Deaths investigates the brutal murder of an alcoholic bum in a sleazy section of London and uncovers the victim's strange legacy, as well as a vicious killer
The price comparison is for this edition
from Ballantine Books (March 12, 1987)
9780345342898 | details & prices | 230 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.64 lbs | List price $15.00
About: “A unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme.
About: “A unique crime writer whose fictional world was brutal, realistic and harrowing in the extreme.
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