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The 9 wrong answers : a novel for the curious

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Description: Bill Dawson is persuaded by Larry Hurst to return to England and impersonate him to claim an inheritance from Hurst’s mad old uncle Gaylord. Before he can leave, Larry is poisoned in a bar but Dawson decides to go through with the matter. When he meets the uncle, however, he is rather dumbstruck by the deal on the table – he can have the inheritance provided Gaylord hasn’t managed to murder him in the next six months.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1952]
Call number: 660821
Creator: Carr, John Dickson (1906-1977)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the Kim Stanley Robinson Library. With black ink stamp on front free endpaper: "Charles N Brown".

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