War at Home - Brossura

Nelscott, Kris

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312325282 ISBN 13: 9780312325282

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Riassunto

Searching for a missing Yale student who never arrived for his 1969 spring semester, African-American private investigator Smokey Dalton, accompanied by his son, Jimmy, pursues leads between the New Haven slums and New York City only to discover a sinister side of the anti-war movement. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Kris Nelscott lives on the Oregon coast. Her Smokey Dalton novels have been nominated for the Edgar Award, the Oregon Book Award, the PNBA Book Award, and won the Herodotus Award for best historical mystery.
www.kristinekathrynrusch.com

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Praise for Kris Nelscott "An engrossing crime story as well as an important social document." --Chicago Tribune on War at Home
 
"This swift-moving book brings the receding past into sharp focus."--The Wall Street Journal on War at Home
 
"Nelscott has her own, very distinct voice, and her series creates its own deeply satisfying pleasures and cogent points.... Nelscott excels at setting a scene." --The Seattle Times on War at Home
 
"A ruthlessly unsentimental look at the '60s that shows just how ugly and destructive racial assumptions were. Nelscott bears witness to black persecution the way Elie Wiesel bears witness to the Holocaust."--Kirkus Reviews on War at Home
 
"Gripping...Crisp writing and sharp details keep the story moving." --Publishers Weekly on War at Home
 
"Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author."--Charles Taylor, salon.com on Stone Cribs
 
"Nelscott's hard-boiled style gives an added blast of energy to the captivating story...her characters are so nuanced and naturally complex."--The Boston Globe on Stone Cribs
 
"[A] triumphant series. Gripping...Nelscott's books about Dalton have already been compared favorably to Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series. The big difference is that Easy Rawlins has bought into the Los Angeles land-owning dream, while Smokey Dalton, a more militant avenging angel, mostly wants to stay alive and right the terrible wrongs he has seen."--Chicago Tribune on Thin Walls
 
"Nelscott brings it all back, and it's hair-raising."--The Washington Post on Smoke-Filled Rooms  

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0312325282
• ISBN 13: 9780312325282
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336