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Julian Symons
Julian Symons is primarily remembered as a master of the art of crime writing. However, in his eighty-two years he produced an enormously varied body of work. Social and military h...view moreJulian Symons is primarily remembered as a master of the art of crime writing. However, in his eighty-two years he produced an enormously varied body of work. Social and military history, biography and criticism were all subjects he touched upon with remarkable success, and he held a distinguished reputation in each field.
His novels were consistently highly individual and expertly crafted, raising him above other crime writers of his day. It is for this that he was awarded various prizes, and, in 1982, named as Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America – an honour accorded to only three other English writers before him: Graham Greene, Eric Ambler and Daphne Du Maurier.
He succeeded Agatha Christie as the president of Britain’s Detection Club, a position he held from 1976 to 1985, and in 1990 he was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers for his lifetime’s achievement in crime fiction.
Symons died in 1994.view less
Books by Julian Symons
The Colour of Murder The Belting Inheritance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/531st Of February Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Three-Pipe Problem Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bland Beginning Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Man Whose Dream Came True Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Progress of a Crime: A Fireworks Night Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Man Called Jones Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Paper Chase Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Man Who Killed Himself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Audiobooks by Julian Symons
The Colour of Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scotland Yard, Schach dem Verbrechen, Folge 4: Die Belagerung der Sydney Street Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwixt the Cup and the Lip Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Progress of a Crime Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Belting Inheritance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5