I Would Rather Stay Poor

I Would Rather Stay PoorAuthor: James Hadley Chase ISBN: 9781471903472 Publisher: Orion Year first published: 14 Apr 2014 Pages: 172 Format: Paperback softback Like most bank managers, Dave Calvin had acquired an irresistible charm that he could switch on whenever he felt the necessity. Underneath it he was cold, calculating, brutal a perfect murderer. For years he had waited watching an endless stream of money pass through his hands knowing that a risk was only worth taking

Father James is a good priest who feels sinister forces closing in after being threatened by a mysterious parishioner

mechanism and mechanistic explanation have become widely discussed

one of the most respected and influential scholars of her generation

a sorceress in the service of the Empire

The butcher couple and the widow Mrs Vik have a telephone

they're now 17 and barely recognise each other

offering the reader the text of the play itself and important new insights into its structure

a damp man

not vodka) told me I needed 'a new wider-shoulder jacket'

Beatrice (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) is a motor-mouthed fantasist

Vermont to Ireland's Connemara coast

ISBN: 9780719049132