Gilbert Adair

Scottish novelist, critic, poet and translator, best known for the novel The Holy Innocents (adapted as the film The Dreamers) and for his work in literary criticism and translation.

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  1. 1. Ход Роджера Мургатройда

    Cover of 'Ход Роджера Мургатройда' by Gilbert Adair

    Современный критик-любитель классических детективов попадает на загородный уикенд к эксцентричной компании любителей жанра и оказывается втянут в расследование, когда в разгар встречи происходит убийство; остроумный пастиш «золотого века» детектива играет с театральностью жанра, клише сыщиков и слоистыми мета-уловками, показывая, как разгадка преступления переплетается с разоблачением самой художественной конструкции детективного сюжета.

  2. 2. The Death Of The Author

    Cover of 'The Death Of The Author' by Gilbert Adair

  3. 3. And Then There Was No One

    Cover of 'And Then There Was No One' by Gilbert Adair

    A witty, self-aware murder mystery that riffs on Golden Age conventions: a group of guests assembled in an isolated setting find themselves the targets of a seemingly impossible killer, and as bodies accumulate a narrator-detective unravels increasingly theatrical clues while the novel mischievously blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality, interrogating how mysteries are constructed and upending readers’ expectations with sly literary play.