Death is a welcome guest - Brossura

Welsh, Louise

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1848546629 ISBN 13: 9781848546622

Casa editrice: Hodder, 2015

Riassunto

Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Magnus McFall was a comic on the brink of his big break when the world came to an end. Now, he is a man on the run and there is nothing to laugh about. Thrown into unwilling partnership with an escaped convict, Magnus flees the desolation of London to make the long journey north, clinging to his hope that the sickness has not reached his family on their remote Scottish island. He finds himself in a landscape fraught with danger, fighting for his place in a world ruled by men, like his fellow traveller Jeb - practical men who do not let pain or emotions interfere with getting the job done. This is a world with its own justice, and new rules. Where people, guns and food are currency. Where survival is everything. Death is a Welcome Guest defies you to put it down, and leaves you with questions that linger in the mind long after you read the last page.

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L'autore

After a history degree from the University of Glasgow, Louise Welsh opened a second-hand bookshop, which she ran for several years before becoming a full-time author. THE GIRL ON THE STAIRS is her first book for John Murray but she has written four other critically acclaimed crime and suspense novels: The Cutting Room, The Bullet Trick, Tamburlaine Must Die and Naming the Bones. Louise has been the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and City of Glasgow Lord Provost's Award for Literature. She is currently writer in residence for The University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art and has been awarded several international fellowships and residencies including a Robert Louis Stevenson Award and the Hawthornden Fellowship. Visit Louise's website for more information: http://www.louisewelsh.com/index.html

Product Description

Magnus McFall was a comic on the brink of his big break when the world came to an end. Now, he is a man on the run and there is nothing to laugh about. Thrown into unwilling partnership with an escaped convict, Magnus flees the desolation of London to make the long journey north, clinging to his hope that the sickness has not reached his family on their remote Scottish island. He finds himself in a landscape fraught with danger, fighting for his place in a world ruled by men, like his fellow traveller Jeb - practical men who do not let pain or emotions interfere with getting the job done. This is a world with its own justice, and new rules. Where people, guns and food are currency. Where survival is everything. Death is a Welcome Guest defies you to put it down, and leaves you with questions that linger in the mind long after you read the last page.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Hodder
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1848546629
• ISBN 13: 9781848546622
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 1