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Reputation for a Song

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Reputation for a Song
First edition
AuthorEdward Grierson
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
PublisherChatto and Windus
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Reputation for a Song is a 1952 crime novel by the British writer Edward Grierson.[1] It is an inverted detective story, breaking with many of the traditions of the established Golden Age of Detective Fiction.[2] A young man is placed on trial accused of murdering his father. Its conclusion rests on interpretations of the presumption of innocence.

Film adaptation

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In 1970 it was adapted into the film My Lover, My Son directed by John Newland and starring Romy Schneider, Dennis Waterman and Patricia Brake.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.707
  2. ^ Reilly p.708
  3. ^ Enser p.139

Bibliography

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  • Enser, A.G.S. Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from which Films Have Been Made, 1928-1974, Volume 1. Simon & Schuster, 1975.
  • Hilfer, Tony. The Crime Novel: A Deviant Genre. University of Texas Press, 2014.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • White, Terry. Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and Continental Courtroom Literature. Praeger, 2003.