Publisher Description
Gangsters, Detectives, Madmen and Murderers is a classic and modern short story collection of strange, occasionally bloodthirsty, and often amusing tales about the characters and experiences that lurk at the fringes of our lives. From a man who will bet his own child on his dog, to a madman who is infectious and a cameo by Lee Child's most famous assassin, these stories are as memorable as they are mischievous. Includes:
- 'Solid Geometry' by Ian McEwan, read by Michael Jenn
- 'Blood Pressure' by Damon Runyon, read by John Guerrasio
- 'The Star' by Arthur C. Clarke, read by Constantine Gregory
- 'Vivid Imagination' by Marjorie Ann Watts, read by Stephen Thorne
- 'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe, read by William Roberts
- 'Child Support' by David Ballard, read by Guy Paul
- 'No Flies on Frank' by Danuta Reah, read by Gerard Fletcher
- 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' by Ambrose Bierce, read by Jeff Harding
- 'If Dead Fish Could Blink' by Adam Marek, read by Stephen Thorne
- 'Guys and Dolls' by Damon Runyon, read by John Guerrasio
- 'How It Happened' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Stephen Thorne
- 'The Greatest Trick of All' by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding
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About Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the author of more than a dozen books, including either New York Times bestsellers. His novel Amsterdam won the 1998 Book Prize; Atonement, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; and The Child in Time won the Whitbread Award. His story collection, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award.