Arthur Douglas Bruce Hamilton CMG (3 July 1900,

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– 24 March 1974, Brighton, Sussex) was an English novelist.

Family

Bruce Hamilton's younger brother

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was a successful novelist and playwright. Their father, Bernard Hamilton (1863–1930), a barrister, also wrote fiction.

Writing

A godson of Arthur Conan Doyle,Martin Edwards, ''The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books'', Poisoned Pen Press Inc, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2017. Bruce Hamilton wrote six crime novels in the 1930s, then four more novels over the next 30 years. Unlike many crime fiction writers, he preferred to try something different with each novel, rather than use a successful formula. He also wrote a biography of his brother Patrick in 1972. His 1946 novel ''Pro: An English Tragedy'', which was not a crime novel, is particularly admired in

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circles for its realistic and poignant portrayal of the life of a professional county cricketer in England either side of the

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. A collection of his manuscripts and correspondence is held at the

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Life

Hamilton moved to

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in 1938 to take up a teaching post. Soon afterwards, he began writing on international matters for ''

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''. He stayed in Barbados, working in the education service. In 1964 he was awarded the CMG for his service. In December 1933 he married Marie Aileen Lorna Laurie (1907–1987), who was born in Barbados.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''To Be Hanged: A Story of Murder'' (1930) * ''Hue and Cry'' (1931) * ''The Spring Term, etc.'' (1933) * ''Middle Class Murder'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Murder Trial: Rex v Rhodes'' (1937) * ''Traitor's Way'' (1939) * ''Pro: An English Tragedy'' (1946) * ''So Sad, So Fresh'' (1952) * ''Too Much of Water'' (1958) * ''Let Him Have Judgment'' (1970)

Non-fiction

* ''Cricket in Barbados'' (1947) * '' Barbados & the Confederation Question, 1871–1885'' (1956) * ''The Light Went Out: The Life of Patrick Hamilton'' (1972)

References

External links

Bruce Hamilton Papers
at the

Gideon Haigh on the cricket novels of Dudley Carew and Bruce Hamilton
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