Willnot - Brossura

James Sallis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1843446693 ISBN 13: 9781843446699

Casa editrice: No Exit Press, 2016

Riassunto

In the woods outside the town of Willnot, the remains of several people have been discovered, unnerving the community and unsettling Dr Lamar Hale, the town's all-purpose general practitioner, surgeon and town conscience.

At the same time, Bobby Lowndes - his military records missing, and followed by the FBI - mysteriously reappears in his hometown, at Hale's door. Over the ensuing months, the daily dramas Hale faces as he tends to his town and to his partner, Richard, collide with the inexplicable vagaries of life in Willnot. And when a gunshot aimed at Lowndes critically wounds Richard, Hale's world is truly upended.

In his inimitable spare style, James Sallis conjures indelible characters and scenes that resonate long after they appear. 'You live with someone year after year, you think you've heard all the stories... but you never have.'

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Recensione:

"A beautiful read from a master." --The Times

"Sallis is without peer when it comes to interweaving seemingly disparate narrative threads, and his work consistently challenges readers to question their assumptions about themselves and other people." --Publishers Weekly

"Sallis' latest has a lot to recommend it: an ingenious and unusual use of the Macguffin; pungent dialogue; a world that's either dark shot through with abundant light or light shot through with abundant dark; likeable, complex characters. A brisk and sure-handed treat." --Kirkus Reviews

"This bewitching story of a mysterious discovery near the small American town of Willnot underscores Sallis's sublime talent for using just a few words to paint the most compelling picture of life in the U.S. today... The mystery is told in the gentlest, most subtle prose that captivates and unfolds like a blossoming flower. This is poetic storytelling of the highest quality, entrancing and yet utterly unexpected, for it takes you in a direction in which you never expected to go, but without once hectoring." --Daily Mail

"Not out till June but Jim Sallis's Willnot is a slippery, poetic mystery that becomes a love story to small town America." --Ian Rankin

"A short novel, but a perfectly formed one." --Espresso Coco

"A wonderfully understated piece of writing, one where every word seems to count." --Irresistible Targets

"A surprisingly charming, moving mystery about a small town in America where a grisly find is made in a gravel pit." --The Telegraph

"One of Sallis' richest novels, and a story that demands further visits." --Craig McDonald

"A fantastic example of 'literary crime' at its most powerful. Sallis knows the genre and how to twist it in order to create something unusual and unexpected." --Crime Scene Scotland

"Sallis writes at a fast energetic pace you must catch on the wing as it flies by." --Crime Time

"An extraordinary book, not just about place, but the interaction between past, present and future." --Woody Haut

"A beautiful read from a master." --The Times

"Why aren't we talking about James Sallis? In fact, why aren't we talking about Sallis alongside his American contemporary paranoids and peers, Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." --Literary Hub

"It's complex and nuanced stuff from Sallis, by turns world-weary and life-affirming, with a cast of characters that will live long in the memory." --Big Issue

"Sallis writes at a fast energetic pace you must catch on the wing as it flies by - carrying the story with it if you're not careful, so you have to pay attention to what's going on. Easy enough with a book like this." --Shots

"A thoughtful literary read... entrancing." --The View From the Blue House

"Willnot's calm surface is one that begs to be breached. Sallis is adept at portraying the way the years trap people." --Crime Scene Mag

L'autore:

James Sallis is the author of more than two dozen volumes of fiction, poetry, translation, essays, and criticism, including the Lew Griffin series, "Drive" (also a major motion picture), "Cypress Grove," "The Killer Is Dying," and "Others of My Kind." His biography of the legendary crime writer Chester Himes is widely praised and was a "New York Times "Notable Book. Sallis lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Karyn.

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• Editore: No Exit Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1843446693
• ISBN 13: 9781843446699
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192