num_pages: 215
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: Classics, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Humor, Novels, Detective, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 1352
places: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
series: Gervase Fen
publisher: Felony & Mayhem