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He Died With His Eyes Open

by Derek Raymond · 1984

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When a middle-aged alcoholic is found brutally battered to death on a roadside in West London, the case is assigned to a tough-talking cynic from the Department of Unexplained Deaths. Our narrator must piece together the history of his blighted existence and discover the agents of its cruel end. What he doesn't expect is that digging for the truth will demand plenty of lying.

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crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisnoirnoirMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Themes
murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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