Английская Википедия:An Eye for a Tooth
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox book An Eye for a Tooth is a 1943 adventure novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), the sixth in his 'Chandos' thriller series. The events of the story immediately follow those of Blind Corner.
Plot
On the way home in the car with the treasure from Blind Corner, Mansel nearly runs over the corpse of a murdered man. He discovers the murderers, and seeks vengeance.
Background
The novel's denouement may have been suggested by Christopher Marlowe's play The Jew of Malta in which most of the characters die after being deposited by a pivoting floor into a vat of boiling oil. AJ Smithers, the author's biographer, commented, "Mercer dispensed with the oil, but the principle was the same."Шаблон:Sfn
Critical reception
The novel was well received, sold well, and had to be reprinted six times within a year of publication.Шаблон:Sfn
References
Bibliography
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