Thirteen Hours - Rilegato

Meyer, Deon

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0340953594 ISBN 13: 9780340953594

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

Some would call Detective Benny Griessel a legend. Others would call him a drunk. Either way, he has trodden on too many toes over the years ever to reach the top of the promotion ladder, and now he concentrates on staying sober and mentoring the new generation of crime fighters - mixed race, Xhosa and Zulu. But when an American backpacker disappears in Capetown, panicked politicians know who to call: Benny has just thirteen hours to save the girl, save his career - and crack open a conspiracy which threatens the whole country. A potent, suspenseful thriller, and a brilliant portrait of life in the country that will host the 2010 World Cup.

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Recensione:

What makes Deon Meyer's novel so outstanding is its setting - the new South Africa, where jaded white detectives are still getting use to working with black and coloured (in the country's parlance) colleagues . . . Meyer gives rare insights into the texture of everyday life in a country still troubled 20 years after the release of Nelson Mandela. (The Sunday Times)

South African thrillers arrive with racial baggage, and it's a mark of Meyer's talent to see just how well the issues are balanced with a smashing story. Imposing a strict time limit and a tight location on his plot, he ramps up the suspense to an unbearable degree.
Best of all, his sharply drawn characters really feel part of the new South Africa, where loyalties and beliefs must always be questioned.

(Financial Times)

What makes this novel so outstanding is its setting... and Meyer's superlative talent for suspense... Above all though, this is a vigorous, exciting novel that combines memorable characters and plot with edge-of-the-seat suspense. (The Sunday Times)

One of the sharpest and most perceptive thriller writers around (Peter Millar, The Times, on DEVIL'S PEAK)

gripping and suspenseful crime novel set in a violent, post-apartheid South Africa (Culture Magazine (Sunday Times))

A cracking read from one of Africa's finest (Shots ezine)

Deon Meyer is the best known contemporary South African crime writer. His six books have won a number of awards, and he was the first to honestly reflect the current realities of the new South Africa in his books. (Michael Stanley in The Guardian)

One of the most exciting thrillers I've read for a long time. (Lady Antonia Fraser)

Far and away the best crime writer in South Africa (Matthew Lewin, Guardian, on BLOOD SAFARI)

Blood Safari is my first exposure to the man billed by his publishers as the "king of South African crime thrillers". For once the publicity spinners are not guilty of hyperbole -- Meyer is simply excellent. (Business Day on BLOOD SAFARI)

Descrizione del libro:

The finest novel yet from the undisputed king of South African crime writing, winner of the 2011 Boeke Prize in South Africa and shortlisted for the 2010 CWA International Dagger for Best Translated Crime Fiction.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0340953594
• ISBN 13: 9780340953594
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416