Land of the Blind - Brossura

Walter, Jess

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060989289 ISBN 13: 9780060989286

Casa editrice: Regan Books, 2005

Riassunto

When a disoriented and strangely familiar figure appears, wanting to write out a lengthy confession, Spokane police detective Caroline Mabry finds herself challenged to investigate a murder and the darkly intertwined lives of two men. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers Beautiful Ruins and The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, the winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction has appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

In this fiendishly clever and darkly funny novel, Jess Walter speaks deeply to the bonds and compromises we make as children -- and the fatal errors we can make at any moment in our lives.

While working the weekend night shift, Caroline Mabry, a weary Spokane police detective, encounters a seemingly unstable but charming derelict. "I'd like to confess," he proclaims. But he insists on writing out his confession in longhand. In the forty-eight hours that follow, the stranger admits to not just a crime, but an entire life: a wry and haunting tale of poverty and politics, of obsession and revenge. And as he writes, Caroline pushes herself to near collapse, racing against the clock to investigate not merely a murder, but the story of two men's darkly intertwined lives.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Regan Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060989289
• ISBN 13: 9780060989286
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 309