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Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (usually credited as Bruce Montgomery) (2 October 1921 – 15 September 1978), an English crime writer and composer known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series.
- David Whittle
- 2007
Edmund Crispin wrote nine novels in the Gervase Fen series, followed by an anthology of short stories under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin, a name that the author derived from “Hamlet, Revenge” by Michael Innes.
Aug 12, 2022 · Music composer Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978), who as Edmund Crispin wrote eight glitteringly witty and amusing detective novels between 1944 and 1951 (as well as, with Geoffrey Bush, a fellow composer and the alleged son of detective novelist Christopher Bush, the classic short story “Who Killed Baker?”) is the subject of a now fifteen-year ...
- Curtis Evans
Edmund Crispin. Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of (Robert) Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978). His first crime novel and musical composition were both accepted for publication while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford. After a brief spell of teaching, he became a full-time writer and composer (particularly of film music.
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- September 15, 1978
- October 2, 1921
Nov 16, 2021 · Last month marked the centenary of the birth of Edmund Crispin, the nom de plume of Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978), one of the most precociously gifted but unfairly neglected of all 20th century English crime fiction novelists.
by Edmund Crispin. 3.72 · 326 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1979 · 17 editions. Amateur detective and Oxford don, Gervase Fen, wit…. Want to Read. Rate it: Gervase Fen, a professor of English in Oxford, England: The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1), Holy Disorders (Gervase Fen, #2), The Moving Toysho...
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Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of English crime writer and composer Robert Bruce Montgomery, better known as Bruce Montgomery. He is best known for his Gervase Fen crime series, as well as his musical contribution in the early films of the Carry On series.
