The Gentle Axe - Brossura

Morris, R. N.

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ISBN 10: 0143113267 ISBN 13: 9780143113263

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2008

Riassunto

In the aftermath of two grisly murders in St. Petersburg, investigator Porfiry Petrovich traces leads to a pornography ring and more genteel societal circles before encountering dangerous resistance from powerful high-ranking groups. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"A satisfyingly grisly yarn, mawkish and macabre. CSI: St. Petersburg"
-The New York Times Book Review

"The Gentle Axe is a deftly plotted, enjoyable literary thriller."
-The Washington Post

"A smart, hypnotizing tale of crime and duplicity. . . . Genuinely pleasurable."
-The New York Sun

"Lush, and exceptionally compelling, but take your time-R. N. Morris's The Gentle Axe has a vast depth of Russian soul: mysterious, compassionate, and utterly irresistible."
-Alan Furst, author of The Foreign Correspondent

"The anti-Sherlock Holmes."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

L'autore:

R.N. Morris was born in Manchester, England, in 1960 and now lives in North London with his wife and two children. He sold his first short story to a teenage girls’ magazine while still a student at Cambridge University, where he read classics. Making his living as a freelance copywriter, he has continued to write, and occasionally publish, fiction. One of his stories, “The Devil’s Drum,” was turned into a one-act opera, which was performed at the Purcell Room in London’s South Bank. Another, “Revenants,” was published as a comic book. A Vengeful Longing is the follow-up to his first novel, The Gentle Axe, published by The Penguin Press in 2006.

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• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143113267
• ISBN 13: 9780143113263
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 305