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Title: Cain's Jawbone: Deluxe Box Set
Author: Ernest Powys Mathers
ISBN: 9781800182912
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 2023
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 100
Publisher Description: <b>The original box set edition available again - individually numbered, limited run. </b></p>'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it' Daily Telegraph</p> 'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit' Literary Review<br></p>Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery?</p>In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.</p>The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.</p>Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? </p>Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.</p>
Author: Ernest Powys Mathers
ISBN: 9781800182912
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 2023
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 100
Publisher Description: <b>The original box set edition available again - individually numbered, limited run. </b></p>'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it' Daily Telegraph</p> 'A unique hybrid of word puzzle and whodunnit' Literary Review<br></p>Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery?</p>In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.</p>The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.</p>Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? </p>Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.</p>
