num_pages: 208
description: Before odious Edwin Shorthouse can sing the lead in the first Oxford post-war Die Meistersinger , someone kills him in his own locked dressing room. Gervase Fen, eccentric professor of English Literature with a passion for amateur detecting, is on the case. American title is Dead and Dumb .
language: English
title: Swan Song
titlecomplete: Swan Song (Gervase Fen, #4)
characters: Wilkes, Gervase Fen
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Humor, Classics, Novels, Crime
ratings_count: 1352
places: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
series: Gervase Fen
publisher: Random House UK