The Bravo of London

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The Bravo of London
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First edition
AuthorErnest Bramah
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMax Carrados
GenreThriller
PublisherCassell
Publication date
1934
Media typePrint
Preceded byMax Carrados Mysteries 

The Bravo of London is a 1934 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Ernest Bramah. It featured his most celebrated character the blind detective Max Carrados. It was the first and only full-length novel to feature Carrados, who usually appeared in short stories.[1]

In a later review David Langford described it as "a disappointing performance whose most memorable section turns out to be a recycling of one of the short stories".[2] Another modern commentator observed that it was only that only in this novel "did Bramah's invention flag, though Joolby, a criminal antique dealer, makes for a memorable villain".[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Reilly p.168-69
  2. ^ Langford p.110
  3. ^ Miskimmin p.88

Bibliography[]

  • Langford, David. Up Through an Empty House of Stars. Wildside Press, 2003.
  • Miskimmin, Esme. 100 British Crime Writers. Springer Nature, 2020.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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