Coffin Scarcely Used

Described by Cecil Day-Lewis as 'a great lark, full of preposterous situations and pokerfaced wit' "Coffin Scarcely Used" is Colin Watson's first Flaxborough novel and was originally published in 1958. The small town of Flaxborough is taken aback when one of the mourners at Councillor Carobelat's funeral dies just six months later. Not only was he Councillor Carobelat's neighbour but the circumstances of his death are rather unusual, even for Flaxborough standards. Marcus Gwill, proprietor of the Flaxborough Citizen has been found electrocuted at the foot of an electricity pylon with a mouth full of marshmallows. Local gossip rules it as either an accident or a suicide but Inspector Purbright remains unconvinced. After all he's never encountered a suicide who has been in the mood for confectionery at the last moment...

ISBN 0571252044   Weight (grammes) 194 ISBN13 9780571252046 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher Faber and Faber   Series title Flaxborough Novels Imprint Faber Finds   Height (mm) 126 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 198 Publication date 18 Jun 2009   Spine width (mm) 12 Pages 174   Academic level General

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