The Flesh Mask

Vance, Jack

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His face badly burned in a motor accident, young Robert Struve is horribly disfigured.

Unable to afford corrective surgery, and denied lawful redress against the rich man whose daughter was responsible, Struve wears his scars as a badge of honor, excelling at school and sports. The social pressure is intense however, and he is treated harshly by his peers-young men and women alike. When his frustration boils over, he assaults a girl.

In a correctional institution, as a ward of the state, he undergoes reconstructive surgery.

Years go by. Then one of the girls involved in the incident is murdered, her face mutilated. A second and third are killed in similar fashion; is Robert Struve involved? No one has seen him, since his incarceration...

Written in the late 1940s, The Flesh Mask was Jack Vance's first success as a mystery writer, launching his Edgar-winning career. The story was first published in 1957, as Take My Face, under the pseudonym "Peter Held".

The Flesh Mask is Volume 14 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series.Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. - John Vance II

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ISBN/Varenr: 9781619471467
Utgivelsesdato: 02.02.2018
Utgivelsesår: 2018
Forlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc
Innbinding: Heftet
Språk: Engelsk
Personer: Andre-Driussi, Michael, Vance, Jack
Litteraturtype: Skjønnlitteratur
Emne: Fiction / Mystery/ Detective
Målgruppe: Voksne
Aldersgrense: 0
Opplag: 0
Utgave: 0
Illustrert: Nei
Sider: 146