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      Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his troubles are only just beginning. Slowly the Marble family becomes poisoned b...

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      Product ID:9780141198101
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Penguin Modern Classics
      Title:Payment Deferred
      Authors:Author: C.S. Forester
      Page Count:192
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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      Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his troubles are only just beginning. Slowly the Marble family becomes poisoned by guilt, and caught in a dangerous trap of secrets, fear and blackmail.

      Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family''s bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his troubles are only just beginning. Slowly the Marble family becomes poisoned by guilt, and caught in an increasingly dangerous trap of secrets, fear and blackmail. Then, in a final twist of the knife, Mrs Marble ensures that retribution comes in the most unexpected of ways ...

      First published in 1926, C. S. Forester''s gritty psychological thriller took crime writing in a new direction, portraying ordinary, desperate people committing monstrous acts, and showing events spiralling terribly, chillingly, out of control.


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2011-11-03

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      Weight146 g
      Dimensions196 × 130 × 12 mm