Christopher Caudwell (1907–1937)

Author of Death of an Airman

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About the Author

Christopher Caudwell (1907-1937) was the pen name of Christopher St John Sprigg, a self-taught polymath and active member of the Poplar Branch of the Communist Party. Caudwell was killed in action in Spain in 1937.

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Death of an Airman (1934) 175 copies, 13 reviews

Illusion and Reality (1946) 66 copies, 2 reviews

Studies and Further Studies in a Dying Culture (1971) 40 copies, 1 review

The Crisis in Physics (Radical Thinkers) (2018) 35 copies

Studies in a Dying Culture (1938) 35 copies

Crime in Kensington (1933) 30 copies, 1 review

Fatality in Fleet Street (1933) 24 copies

The Six Queer Things (1937) 21 copies, 1 review

Further Studies in a Dying Culture (1990) 18 copies

The Corpse with the Sunburned Face (1935) 11 copies

The Perfect Alibi (2019) 11 copies

The concept of freedom (1977) 10 copies

Poems (1965) 9 copies

Collected Poems, 1924-1936 (1986) 9 copies

The Airship (2001) 9 copies

Death of a Queen (1935) 9 copies

Romance and Realism: A Study in English Bourgeois Literature (Princeton Legacy Library) (1971) 6 copies

Scenes and Actions: Unpublished Manuscripts (1986) 5 copies

Uncanny stories (1936) — Editor — 3 copies

Culture as Politics: Selected Writings (2017) 3 copies

British Airways (1938) 2 copies

Yanilsama ve Gerceklik;Siirin Kaynaklari Üzerine Bir Inceleme (2022) 2 copies

"Let's Learn to Fly!" (1937) 1 copy

Four Friends and Death [short story] (1935) 1 copy

This My Hand (1936) 1 copy

La agonía de la cultura burguesa (2008) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2017) — Contributor — 124 copies, 10 reviews

Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves (2019) — Contributor — 100 copies, 11 reviews

Bodies from the Library 3 (2020) — Contributor — 50 copies

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Legal name: Sprigg, Christopher St. John
Birthdate: 1907-10-20
Date of death: 1937-02-12
Gender: male
Nationality: UK

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Death of an Airman (British Library Crime Classics)… by Christopher St. John Sprigg

the Bishop of Cootamundra my favorite - guessed early on he would take Sally back to Australia w him

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Overgaard | 12 other reviews | Jun 9, 2024 |

Illusion and Reality by Christopher Caudwell

A must read for everyone.

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esrztk | 1 other review | Feb 21, 2024 |

Death of an Airman by Christopher Sprigg

Another really fun addition to this series from the BL, this a complicated mystery with quite a varied and entertaining cast of characters. Highly entertaining.

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JBD1 | 12 other reviews | Feb 20, 2023 |

Death of an Airman (British Library Crime Classics) by Christopher Sprigg

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

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fernandie | 12 other reviews | Sep 15, 2022 |

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