Bill Easter and his common law wife Peggy Tey, two small-time crooks
down on their luck, have been hired to help steal the legendary treasure
of Renaissance goldsmith Guido Calamai. Calamai's masterpiece, the
Cyclops Goblet, rumoured to possess the power to kill whoever drinks
from it, is under lock and key at the Danemere Museum, the gift of the
rich and eccentric millionaire Sir Thomas Moscow. But when the goblet is
discovered to be a fake, Bill and Peggy must locate the real treasure,
and to find it, they'll need to break Sir Thomas's daughter, a murderous
madwoman, out of an asylum. From there, the trail leads to a remote
Scottish island contaminated with anthrax, where the treasure - and the
shocking truth behind its deadly power - is hidden. Unprepared for the
horror they will uncover, will Bill and Peggy survive to enjoy their big
payday, or will they become the next victims of the Cyclops Goblet?
John
Blackburn (1923-1993) was regarded as the best British horror writer of
his time, but in The Cyclops Goblet (1977), he shows a different side,
infusing a thrilling heist story with elements of horror and dark
humour.
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