Foul Matter (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Martha Grimes
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: Manhattan and Pittsburgh
- Principal Characters: Paul Giverney, Ned Isaly, Clive Esterhaus, Bobby Mackenzie, Candy, Saul Prouil, Jimmy McKinney, Jamie Flynn, Tom Kidd, Danny Zito, Sally, Mort Duban, Dwight Staines, Arthur Modred
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: New York, Murder or homicide, Authors or writers, New York City, Literature, Twenty-first century, Pennsylvania, Novelists, Detectives, Assassination, Publishing or publishers, Organized crime, Pittsburgh
- Locales: Manhattan, NY, Pittsburgh, PA
Martha Grimes is best known for her eighteen Richard Jury mysteries, in which the English detective, with his aristocratic cohort Melrose Plant, brings murderers to justice. In contrast, several characters in Foul Matter try to prevent a murder, often with hilarious results. Inspired in part by having one of her Jury novels rejected by publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Grimes has written a wicked satire of the publishing industry in which the most dangerous weapons are the egos of the writers, agents, editors, and publishers.
Paul Giverney is an immensely successful thriller...
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