Corpsing (novel)

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Corpsing
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Author Toby Litt
Genre Novel
Publisher Hamish Hamilton
Publication date
2000
Pages373
ISBN 0-24-114069-2
OCLC 473721357
Preceded by Beatniks (1997) 
Followed by deadkidsongs (2001) 

Corpsing is a crime thriller by British writer Toby Litt published in 2000.

Plot summary

Conrad is a television producer who, whilst having lunch with his ex-girlfriend Lily, witnesses her murder and is shot himself by an anonymous assailant. The rest of the novel centres on Conrad's attempts to uncover the identity of Lily's killer and to discover the reasons for her murder.


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