Brat Farrar
1949 • 288 pages

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In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick's mannerism's, appearance, and every significant detail of Patrick's early life, up to his thirteenth year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that jeopardize the impostor's plan and his life.

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Reread of the classic novel of imposture and suspense. Still a great read even though I knew how it would turn out. It's always fun to be rooting for a criminal (who turns out to be the moral center of the piece).

July 19, 2021

I loved it! Very satisfying mystery.

February 9, 2022