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Going it alone

Going it alone

by J. I. M. Stewart

1980Fiction, suspenseEnglish Detective and mystery storiesDoppelgängersFiction, thrillers, suspenseImpersonation
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Gilbert Averell avoids some of the rigours of taxation by living for part of each year in France - but he is unhappy about the number of weeks he spends away from his native country. So when his look-alike friend, Georges, suggests that they swap passports for a short spell, Gilbert seizes the opportunity. However, a number of incidents, involving Gilbert's sister and nephew, begin to suggest that Georges's offer was not made out of simple friendship.

Themes & subjects

Fiction, suspenseEnglish Detective and mystery storiesDoppelgängersFiction, thrillers, suspenseImpersonationFiction
First published 1980

About the author

J. I. M. Stewart
J. I. M. Stewart

30 September 1906 – 12 November 1994

"John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes. Many devotees of the Innes books were unaware of his other 'identity', and vice-versa." - Wikipedia

Author

J. I. M. Stewart

First published

1980

Pages

190

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

10

Language

English

Publisher

House of Stratus, Incorporated

ISBN

9780755118090

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