Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Unprintable
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Julie Kaewert
Class/Genre: Mystery Amateur Sleuth Police Procedural
Series: Alex Plumtree # 3
Bantam, Nov 1998, $5.99, 400 pp.
English Prime Minister Graeme Abercrombie asks Alex Plumtree, owner of Plumtree Press, for a favor. The PM wants Alex to print what is in all probability the most repulsive book ever written in the English language. Bibliophiles could go all the way back to the epic poem Beowulf, written before William the Conqueror and not find an uglier tale than "Cleansing" by Lord Chenies. However, Alex, being a loyal individual, agrees to keep his meeting with Graeme a secret and to publish the controversial book that encourages eradication of the nation's poor.
However, when Alex acquiesces, he is unaware what has been set in motion. Soon, his publishing company is under siege as every step towards printing Cleansing seems to be sabotaged. Even worse, the author is murdered, leaving Alex wondering and fearing what he got himself and his employees involved in when he agreed to do a favor for the Prime Minister.
UNPRINTABLE is a very interesting novel that brings to life traditional English social values in a state of conflict as to their various interpretation. The who-done-it is engrossing, but the strength of a Julie Kaewert novel (see the enjoyable UNSOLICITED and UNBOUND) is the author's charming homage to the world of the book lover
Harriet Klausner
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