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THE ULTIMATE ACT by Lawrence P. Bachmann

THE ULTIMATE ACT

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Pub Date: May 1st, 1972
Publisher: Atheneum

The murder-suicide of an elderly couple in Paris leaves more than the 24 hour differential to be accounted for: whose relative will inherit, his or hers? and are her jewels real or imitation? and who is Audrey and what is she -- to the dead man? Mr. Bachmann's story is very complicated rather than difficult and the tone suggests the kind of middle-aged, middle class reader who travels by Fielding.