Lost Girls - Rilegato

Pyper, Andrew

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 038533446X ISBN 13: 9780385334464

Casa editrice: Delacorte Pr, 2000

Riassunto

The disappearance of two fourteen-year-old girls from a down-and-out northern Ontario town draws idealistic defense lawyer Bartholomew Christian Crane into a sticky murder trial. A first novel. 27,500 first printing.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Praise for Lost Girls:

"What do you call a legal thriller that is populated by ghosts and madmen and features a protagonist who is having a spectacular nervous breakdown?  Lost Girls, an elegantly written debut novel by Andrew Pyper, follows standard procedure for a legal thriller, ...  but everything about this dark, disquieting story confounds expectations....  Told brilliantly."
--NYTBR

"It's rare that a first novel is both brilliantly written and has a solid, carefully threaded plot, but Andrew Pyper pulls it off.  Lost Girls is a terrifying thriller that successfully weaves small town ghost tales and murders with a poignant, if creepy, redemption story--.  Rich in texture and rife with atmosphere."
--NY Post

"Succeeds on so many levels--as a mystery, a legal thriller, a literary character study -- compulsively appealing."
--PW
"Pyper's spellbinding debut succeeds on many levels--as a mystery, a legal thriller, a literary character study....Compulsively appealing."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"This extraordinary, mature and fully realized first novel brilliantly grafts familiar bits and pieces into a stunning and original whole....A debut to remember."
--Booklist, starred review

"Exceptional... Reads as though it were the secret love child of Alice Munro and Stephen King."
--The Montreal Gazette

Please visit www.andrewpyper.com.

--The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"What sets Lost Girls apart is its brilliant evocation of place and mood....For readers who relish metaphor with their narrative meat, Lost Girls is a rich meal."
--Macleans -->

"A legal thriller and a ghost story.... With great skill Pyper brings this material together in a genuinely surprising climax.... Unusual and compelling."
--Chicago Tribune Books

L'autore:

Andrew Pyper was born and raised in Stratford, Ontario. He received an undergraduate and master's degree in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, as well as a law degree from the University of Toronto.  His collection of stories, Kiss Me, released only in Canada, was hailed "an astonishing piece of work" by The Globe and Mail. He lives in Toronto. Lost Girls is his first novel.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Delacorte Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 038533446X
• ISBN 13: 9780385334464
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 388