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What happens if a
female serial killer has maternal instincts? If she has the face of
an angel and a taste for little children? Like an archaeological dig,
these three novels are designed to strip away the layers of a
psychopath's history.
The structure of the
Roth Trilogy is probably unique in crime fiction - and perhaps in any
sort of fiction. It is composed of interlocking stories; each novel
is self-contained and may be read independently of the others. The
first novel, The Four Last Things, is set
in the 1990s. The
second, The Judgement Of Strangers, moves
back to 1970, and the third, The Office Of The Dead,
to 1958.
Each
book discreetly modifies the others, and each of them is written in a
different style. Taken as a whole, the three books make one large
novel, which should keep readers occupied for the longest
transcontinental flights. The omnibus edition, Requiem
For An Angel, has a foreword by Frances Fyfield.
This has now been reissued as Fallen Angel as the
TV tie-in.
The
Roth Trilogy is
published by HarperCollins in the UK, St Martin's in the US, Klim in
Denmark, Zsolnay and Goldmann in Germany, Forum in Sweden, Bzztoh and
Bruna in Holland, Ehasa in Spain, Asa in Portugal, Zysk-I-Ska in
Poland, Kodansha in Japan, and Presses de la Cite in France.
Vigmostad & Bjorke are about to publish in Norway.
"Taylor
is a
complex writer with...the admirable goal of trying to move the
traditional crime novel on to some deeper level of exploration. "
Jane Jakeman, The
Independent
FALLEN
ANGEL, starring Charles Dance and Emilia Fox and a host of other
talented actors, was broadcast on ITV1 on consecutive evenings in March
2007. The Behind the
Scenes documentary follows on ITV3, and the
DVD is now available.
The three linked
films mirror the structure and retain the titles
of the books. Further information
is available in the blog.
See the
HarperCollins web site, for an interview with Andrew Taylor.
Click
home for information on Andrew Taylor and other books by him
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