Publisher's Synopsis
Absence doesnt make the heart grow fonder. It makes people think youre dead. So begins Christopher Fowlers foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. These 99 journeys are punctuated by 12 short essays about faded once-favourites including the now-vanished novels Walt Disney brought to the screen and the contemporary rivals of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie who did not stand the test of time.
