Harry Carmichael (1908–1979)
Auteur de The Last Vanity
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Leopold Horace Ognall (1908-1979) was a British mystery writer. He wrote under the pen-names Harry Carmichael and Hartley Howard.
Séries
Œuvres de Harry Carmichael
The Vanishing Trick 3 exemplaires
The late unlamented 2 exemplaires
Mettetemi in galera! - Il Giallo Mondadori n. 744 2 exemplaires
Delitto al rallentatore 2 exemplaires
Why Kill Johnny? 2 exemplaires
O Lago da Morte 2 exemplaires
Room 37 1 exemplaire
O Salario do Diabo 1 exemplaire
Or Be He Dead 1 exemplaire
James Knowland Deceased 1 exemplaire
Emergency Exit 1 exemplaire
Non rimpianta Felicity Cambell 1 exemplaire
Fünf Stunden Todesangst. 1 exemplaire
EMBRIAGUEZ TOTAL 1 exemplaire
O funeral foi o começo 1 exemplaire
CHAVE PARA A MORGUE 1 exemplaire
ÚLTIMO ENCONTRO 1 exemplaire
Så illa tvungen 1 exemplaire
Farlig frestelse 1 exemplaire
Sepultura para dois 1 exemplaire
Paura al chiaro di luna (John Piper #9) 1 exemplaire
With Future and with Past: History of Southend High School for Boys on the Occasion of Its Centenary (1995) 1 exemplaire
The Condemned 1 exemplaire
A Question of Time 1 exemplaire
James Knowland Deceased 1 exemplaire
Safe Secret 1 exemplaire
Marked Man 1 exemplaire
Döden räknar till tre : detektivroman 1 exemplaire
Stranglehold 1 exemplaire
LA MASCHERA DELL'ASSASSINO 1 exemplaire
Ingen återvändo 1 exemplaire
Pressad till brott 1 exemplaire
3° grado per Bowman - Il Giallo Mondadori n. 639 1 exemplaire
Non sono un eroe - Il Giallo Mondadori n. 706 1 exemplaire
Il sonno dell'ingiusto - Il Giallo Mondadori n. 763 1 exemplaire
Payoff 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Ognall, Leopold Horace
- Date de naissance
- 1908
- Date de décès
- 1979
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Scotland
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Leopold Horace Ognall (1908-1979) was a British mystery writer. He wrote under the pen-names Harry Carmichael and Hartley Howard.
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 110
- Membres
- 256
- Popularité
- #89,547
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 100
- Langues
- 5
One of the earliest Bowman novels is The Last Vanity from 1952, the third in that series. The novel opens with Edwin Newsome, a man worried about the health of his brother, Harold, fearing he may be the victim of steady poisoning by his brother's new—and much younger—wife, Moira. Edwin hires P.I. Glenn Bowman to investigate, and Bowman poses as an ex-con to get himself hired as a second chauffeur in the Harold's household. He soon discovers many under-currents beneath the surface involving family and staff alike, much more than a scheming young wife after her husband's wealth.
Hartley Howard's style is solidly in the Golden Age era, with the British author trying valiantly to emulate the American hard-boiled detective writing of Raymond Chandler and the others who followed in Chandler's footsteps. There are a few British-isms that creep in here and there, although they're relatively minor. The novel doesn't rise to Chandler's level, perhaps, but it's still entertaining and Bowman's character is sympathetic and engaging.
Although Ognall/Howard's books were apparently never published in the States and weren't even all that easy to find in the U.K. The Thrilling Detective site notes that Howard at some point moved to Italy during the Sixties and his Glenn Bowman private eye books were very popular among Italian readers during that period. They apparently did well in Germany, where almost his entire output was translated.
Both Leopold Horace Ognall and his books appear to be largely forgotten (save perhaps his novel Assignment K, made into a movie starring Stephen Boyd as spy Philip Scott), but the author's son Harry became a high court judge and conducted the hearings regarding former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet.… (plus d'informations)