The face on the cutting room floor was published in 1937 as a novel by author cameron mccabe who is also a lead character narrator and prime suspect in the book.
The face on the cutting room floor by cameron mccabe.
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Though the face on the cutting room floor was first published in 1937 the true identity of its author remained a mystery until 1974 when it was discovered that the well known german sexologist jazz musician and critic ernest borneman was cameron mccabe borneman died in 1995.
A healthy dose of ambiguity and an epilogue 46 in the afterword derrick murdoch in his 1974 review of this title is quoted as saying that it proclaimed an anarchic gospel.
Bloom gives no reason for.
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The face on the cutting room floor is a 1937 crime novel by ernest borneman writing as cameron mccabe it was first published in london the book makes use of the false document technique.
It s a great and baffling experience and the less you know about it beforehand the better.
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The credited author cameron mccabe is actually the name of the narrator in the story and the mystery revolves around a murder at a british film studio in the 30 s.
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The face on the cutting room floor 1937 begins with the overweight and pastry loving film producer isador bloom asking the chief cutter cameron mccabe author and narrator of the story with the aid of special effects expert john robertson to remove all of estella lamare s parts from the film the waning moon.
It pretends to be the true story of a 38 year old scotsman called cameron mccabe who writes about a crucial period of his own life during which several people close to him are murdered.
It s a murder mystery that pulls the rug from under the reader then pulls the floor from under the rug then questions whether the floor was even there.
When the work was reissued in 1974 the real name of the novelist remained un known and royalties were placed in a trust awaiting his identifi cation.
