
A Dram of Poison
When fifty-five-year-old poetry professor Kenneth Gibson marries thirty-two-year-old Rosemary to save her from destitution after her father's death, he believes he's doing a good deed. But after Rosemary recovers her health and Gibson's manipulative sister Ethel moves in, misunderstandings and insecurities lead Gibson to decide that suicide is his only option. After stealing poison from his neighbor's laboratory, Gibson loses the bottle on a public bus, setting off a frantic race to recover it before someone dies. With help from an unlikely group including a philosophical bus driver, a wealthy matron, and an eccentric painter, Gibson and Rosemary discover important truths about themselves, their relationship, and the nature of doom and free will.
- Publisher
- Wildside Press LLC
- ISBN-13
- 9781667699585
- Topics
- Suicide and despairMarriage and misunderstandingFree will and fate
Awards
- Edgar Award for Best NovelWon(1957)
Other awarded books from Charlotte Armstrong
- Lemon in the Basket (1967)0 wins · 3 score
- The Gift Shop (1966)0 wins · 3 score
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