The Broken Shore: scintillating crime in the dry heat of Australia - Brossura

Peter Temple

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ISBN 10: 0857383493 ISBN 13: 9780857383495

Casa editrice: Quercus Publishing Plc, 2017

Riassunto

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING, CWA GOLD DAGGER-WINNING AND NED KELLY AWARD-RECEIVING CRIME POWERHOUSE: read The Broken Shore and become hooked on Peter Temple. 'A masterpiece' John Lanchester 'Read page one and I challenge you not to finish it' Independent on Sunday Haunted by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled Melbourne and returned to his hometown, running its one-man police station while his wounds heal and his nightmares fade. But when a local man is attacked and left for dead, Cashin's recovery is put on hold. And in a small town where everyone knows everyone, he finds himself standing alone fighting a battle against corruption and prejudice. Loved The Broken Shore? Then move straight to its award-winning sequel, Truth: 'The Broken Shore was good; Truth is better' Independent

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Recensione:

'A towering achievement' Guardian.

'A stone classic...read page one and I challenge you not to finish it' Independent on Sunday.

'The Broken Shore is a masterpiece, as good as any new novel I've read in the last ten years' John Lanchester.

'A very fine book. Characterisation, dialogue and the quality of prose are all top class' Sunday Telegraph.

'He is writing the kind of books I've been trying to write and writing them better than I do' John Harvey, The Guardian. --Reviews.

Descrizione del libro:

The Sunday Times bestseller, from Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer.

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• Editore: Quercus Publishing Plc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0857383493
• ISBN 13: 9780857383495
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352