An Account of Capers
Book by Bruce Marshall
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An Account of Capers is a novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall. His last book, it was published posthumously in 1988.
Plot summary
Set against the background of an Italy poised on the brink of war with Abyssinia in 1935, the story focuses on chartered accountant Arthur Waters. He is sent to Milan to audit the books of an Italian firm. His job, which at first glance seems simple, is complicated by his involvement with Emma, a stunning woman, and Bazzini, a cunning man. But his problems really begin when he is mistaken for a British spy and prevented from leaving the country.[1]
References
- ^ Marshall, B: An Account of Capers Houghton Mifflin 1988.
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Works by Bruce Marshall
- A Thief in the Night (ca 1918)
- This Sorry Scheme (1924)
- The Stooping Venus (1926)
- Teacup Terrace (1926)
- And There Were Giants (1927)
- The Other Mary (1927)
- High Brows (1929)
- The Little Friend (1929)
- The Rough House, a possibility (1930)
- Children of This Earth (1930)
- Father Malachy's Miracle (1931)
- Prayer for the Living (1934)
- The Uncertain Glory (1935)
- Canon to the Right of Them (1936)
- Luckypenny (1937)
- Delilah Upside Down, a Tract, with a Thrill (1941)
- Yellow Tapers for Paris (1943)
- The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith (1944)
- George Brown's Schooldays (1946)
- Vespers in Vienna (1947)
- To Every Man a Penny (1949)
- The Fair Bride (1953)
- Only Fade Away (1954)
- Girl in May (1956)
- The Accounting (1958)
- A Thread of Scarlet (1959)
- The Divided Lady (1960)
- A Girl from Lübeck (1962)
- The Month of the Falling Leaves (1963)
- Father Hilary's Holiday (1965)
- The Bishop (1970)
- The Black Oxen (1972)
- Urban the Ninth (1973)
- Operation Iscariot (1974)
- Marx the First (1975)
- Peter the Second (1976)
- The Yellow Streak (1977)
- Prayer for a Concubine (1978)
- Flutter in the Dovecote (1986)
- A Foot in the Grave (1987)
- An Account of Capers (1988)
- The White Rabbit (1953)
- Thoughts of My Cats (1954)
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