Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem — Peter Ackroyd

Author: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Minerva / Mandarin Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
Edition: Minerva paperback edition, 1995
ISBN: 074939515X / 9780749395155

Condition: Good second-hand paperback condition with visible shelf wear, rubbing and creasing to the cover and spine, age toning to pages, and previous shop stamp and handwritten marks inside. Binding is intact and the book remains a readable copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem is a dark literary crime novel set in Victorian London, where a series of brutal murders attributed to the mysterious Limehouse Golem spreads fear through the city’s streets, theatres, and shadows.

Blending fact and fiction, Peter Ackroyd brings together music-hall comedian Dan Leno, Elizabeth Cree, Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, and the macabre atmosphere of nineteenth-century London. The novel moves through murder, performance, obsession, poverty, and the hidden life of the city, creating a gothic mystery with strong historical and psychological detail.