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Edmund Crispin

Born

in The United Kingdom

October 02, 1921

Died

September 15, 1978

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of (Robert) Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978). His first crime novel and musical composition were both accepted for publication while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford. After a brief spell of teaching, he became a full-time writer and composer (particularly of film music. He wrote the music for six of the Carry On films. But he was also well known for his concert and church music). He also edited science fiction anthologies, and became a regular crime fiction reviewer for The Sunday Times. His friends included Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Agatha Christie.

He had always been a heavy drinker and, unfortunately, there was a long gap in his writing during a time when he was suffering from alcohol problems. O ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 24,683 ratings · 2,854 reviews · 101 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 7,735 ratings — published 1946 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 3,578 ratings — published 1944 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Lies Bleeding (Gervase Fen, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 2,110 ratings — published 1948 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holy Disorders (Gervase Fen, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 1,708 ratings — published 1945 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swan Song (Gervase Fen, #4) 3.88 avg rating — 1,504 ratings — published 1947 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buried for Pleasure (Gervase Fen, #6) 3.85 avg rating — 1,133 ratings — published 1949 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Divorce (Gervase Fen, #8) 4.04 avg rating — 856 ratings — published 1951 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frequent Hearses (Gervase Fen, #7) 3.77 avg rating — 798 ratings — published 1950 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glimpses of the Moon (Gervase Fen, #10) 3.73 avg rating — 729 ratings — published 1977 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beware of the Trains (Gervase Fen, #9) 3.81 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1953 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Edmund Crispin (?)

“Discretion,” said Fen with great complacency, “is my middle name.”
“I dare say. But very few people use their middle names.”
― Edmund Crispin, Beware of the Trains

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“None but the most blindly credulous will imaging the characters and events in this story to be anything but fictitious. It is true that the ancient and noble city of Oxford is, of all the towns of England, the likeliest progenitor of unlikely events and persons. But there are limits.”
― Edmund Crispin

tags: fiction, oxford

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“As the popularity of science-fiction increases, so inevitably does the volume of clownish imprecation against it.”
― Edmund Crispin

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Death of Anton by Alan Melville

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