Brat Farrar

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Simon and Schuster, Sep 2, 1997 - Fiction - 288 pages
In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerism's, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that jeopardize the imposter's plan and his life. Culminating in a final terrible moment when all is revealed, Brat Farrar is a precarious adventure that grips the reader early and firmly and then holds on until the explosive conclusion.
 

Contents

Section 1
11
Section 2
17
Section 3
26
Section 4
32
Section 5
41
Section 6
46
Section 7
56
Section 8
70
Section 18
169
Section 19
176
Section 20
187
Section 21
194
Section 22
200
Section 23
209
Section 24
220
Section 25
227

Section 9
78
Section 10
87
Section 11
91
Section 12
101
Section 13
114
Section 14
127
Section 15
137
Section 16
147
Section 17
159
Section 26
239
Section 27
246
Section 28
256
Section 29
267
Section 30
274
Section 31
281
Section 32
287
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About the author (1997)

Josephine Tey is the psuedonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh. Mackintosh, a writer and dramatist, was born in Inverness in 1896. She wrote one novel under the name Gordon Daviot, and seven, as Tey, featuring Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard. She also used the name Daviot when writing plays, including Richard of Bordeaux, which was directed by and starred John Gielgud. She died on February 13, 1952, shortly after the publication of her final novel, The Daughter of Time.