Cain's Jawbone

A Novel Problem

Cain's Jawbone
Ernest Powys Mathers
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Paperback
h178 x 111mm - 100pg
8 Jul 2021 UK
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9781800180796
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Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations. . . but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada' s murder mystery? In 1934, the Observer' s cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain' s Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.
' If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it' Daily Telegraph' A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit' Literary Review
Edward Powys Mathers (1892 - 1939) introduced the cryptic crossword to Britain in 1924 through the pages of the Observer. Known as Torquemada, he was acknowledged as a brilliant translator and a critic specialising in crime fiction. In 1934 he published a selection of his puzzles under the title The Torquemada Puzzle Book - the final hundred pages of which contained the novel-cum-puzzle Cain' s Jawbone. The book is being re-issued with the assistance of The Laurence Sterne Trust and Patrick Wildgust, the curator of Shandy Hall.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781800180796
Published: 8 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Unbound
Publisher: Unbound
Format: Paperback
Height: 178mm
Width: 111mm
Pages: 100

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