▁a ▁b aw dy , ▁com ic ▁re writing ▁of ▁Pers u asion ▁( nov el ) ▁set ▁a ▁century ▁after ▁the ▁original ▁version . ▁He ▁wrote ▁the ▁novel ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Gran ia ▁Beck ford . ▁▁ ▁On ▁another ▁occasion , ▁as ▁Frank ▁Par r ish , ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁John ▁Che ever ▁mystery ▁writers ' ▁prize ▁for ▁a ▁first ▁published ▁thr iller , ▁creating ▁some ▁embar rass ment ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁in ▁fact ▁it ▁was ▁his ▁ 2 0 th ▁published ▁book . ▁A ▁later ▁novel , ▁Mother ▁Love ▁( 1 9 8 3 ), ▁cred ited ▁to ▁Dom ini ▁Taylor , ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁a ▁TV ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁title ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁st arring ▁D iana ▁R igg ▁and ▁David ▁Mc Call um . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁books ▁about ▁horse ▁racing ▁and ▁fo x ▁hunting . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁the ▁books eller ▁John ▁Francis ▁Phill imore ▁declared ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁that ▁Roger ▁Long rig g ' s ▁horse - rac ing ▁advent ure ▁story ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Mul berry ▁( 1 9 6 1 ) ▁" is ▁the ▁greatest ▁book ▁ever ▁written ▁in ▁any ▁language ▁by ▁anybody . ▁Every one ▁who ▁has ▁read ▁it ▁agre es ▁with ▁me ." ▁▁ ▁Long rig g ▁died ▁in ▁F arn ham , ▁Sur rey , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 7 0 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 2 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : 2