Given that this is a detective story, one of the very first in that tradition, it is doubly intriguing, because although we are clearly being fed clues and hints throughout, at the point where the text ends we aren't even fully sure even if a crime has been committed. It is Dickens' last work, and he died without completing it. If you have never come across 'Drood' before, there are certain significant factors which make this a 'must read'. But it poses two questions for the reader, why should we spend time on an unfinished story, and why in any event yet another edition? The quality of Dickens' writing answers the first of these questions - this novel is as fascinating, atmospheric and complex as any more complete work, but perhaps the jury is still out on the second. Summary: The reissue of this classic is clearly the result of the BBC adaptation of Dickens' last novel.
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