The Cutting Season - Rilegato

Attica Locke

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ISBN 10: 1846689120 ISBN 13: 9781846689123

Casa editrice: Serpent's Tail, 2012

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Just after dawn, Caren walks the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation house in Louisiana that she has managed for the past four years. Today she sees nothing unusual, apart from some ground that has been dug up by the fence bordering the sugar cane fields. Assuming an animal has been out after dark, she asks the gardener to tidy it up. Not long afterwards, he calls her to say it's something else. Something terrible. At a distance, Caren missed her. The body, the dirt and the blood. Now she has police on site, an investigation in progress, and a member of staff no one can track down. And Caren keeps uncovering things she will wish she didn't know. As she's drawn into the dead woman's story, she makes shattering discoveries about the plantation's past, its future, and a killer who may be a lot closer than she thinks ... A magnificent, sweeping story of the south, The Cutting Season brings history face-to-face with modern America. Attica Locke once again provides an unblinking commentary on politics, race, the law, family and love, all within a thriller every bit as gripping and tragic as her first novel, Black Water Rising.

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Recensione:

'Attica Locke is a stand-out in every way' -- James Ellroy

'Locke has an extraordinary gift' -- Guardian

'Akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane' -- New York Times

'The upper stratum of crime fiction' -- Financial Times

'I was first struck by Attica Locke's prose, then by the ingenuity of her narrative and finally and most deeply by the depth of her humanity. She writes with equal amounts grace and passion. After just two novels, I'd probably read the phone book if her name was on the spine' -- Dennis Lehane

'The Cutting Season' is a rare murder mystery with heft, a historical that thrills, a page-turner that makes you think. Attica Locke is a dazzling writer with a conscience' -- Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of 'Wench'

'Attica Locke's work raises searingly important questions that demand to be answered. 'The Cutting Season' is about the dark possibilities that lie within us all. A thrilling read' --Esi Edugyan

'This claustrophobic and highly atmospheric tale is illuminating as a portrait of a time and place. It's also a fascinating mystery story by a remarkably accomplished writer' --Literary Review

'I was first struck by Attica Locke's prose, then by the ingenuity of her narrative and finally and most deeply by the depth of her humanity. She writes with equal amounts grace and passion. After just two novels, I'd probably read the phone book if her name was on the spine' Dennis Lehane

'The Cutting Season is a rare murder mystery with heft, a historical that thrills, a page-turner that makes you think. Attica Locke is a dazzling writer with a conscience' Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench --Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Descrizione del libro:

By the Orange Prize shortlisted author of Black Water Rising comes a compulsive, devastating new thriller

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