The Green Rust - Softcover

Wallace, Edgar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434469743 ISBN 13: 9781434469748

Verlag: Wildside Press, 2008

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The Green Rust is a fast-paced thriller centered on a chilling criminal conspiracy to destroy the world's grain supply and plunge society into chaos. When a sinister cabal threatens mass starvation through engineered crop failure, it's up to a determined detective to track their agents across Europe and uncover the truth. With themes of espionage, sabotage, and early biotechnology, this gripping novel blends suspense and action in a race against time to prevent a man-made apocalypse. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals.

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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was a British writer known for his contributions to sensational genres like detective stories, gangster novels, adventure tales, and science fiction. He was born on April 1, 1875, in Greenwich, London, to a poor family and was raised as an illegitimate child. Wallace left school at the age of 12 and began working in various jobs before finding his way into journalism. His early life was marked by hardship, but he soon found success as a writer, contributing not only novels but also plays, screenplays, and short stories. Wallace is best remembered for his detective and crime fiction, including the creation of "The Green Archer" and the introduction of the character "King Kong" to cinema. His works were marked by suspense, high tension, and complex characters. He was married twice, first to Ivy Maude Caldecott, with whom he had a son and daughter, and later to Ethel Violet King. Wallace passed away on February 10, 1932, at the age of 56 in Beverly Hills, California.

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• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1434469743
• ISBN 13: 9781434469748
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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