42 Amazing Beach Reads You Won't Be Able to Put Down
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Death and Mr. Pickwick
By Stephen Jarvis
816 pages;
FSG
In the early 19th century, London's shadowy back
streets teemed with booksellers and publishing hucksters. That world is
lavishly re-created in this fanciful caper, a fictionalized history of an
actual literary feud between Charles Dickens and the illustrator who accused
him of pilfering one of his characters.
— Hamilton Cain
Published 06/22/2015
