Green River Rising - Couverture souple

Willocks, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099562413 ISBN 13 : 9780099562412

Editeur : Arrow Books Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

After three years' hard time, minding no-one's business but his own, Ray Klein wins his parole. That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates. As the River sucks them all towards the abyss, Klein must choose either to claim his freedom and leave the ones he cares for to die, or risk everything and fight...

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Green River Rising is a stunner – and may be the best prison novel ever. This is a book of dark alchemy: turbulent milieu, brilliantly etched characters, pure adrenaline-fuelled narrative – richly sustained and stylishly realised. Tim Willocks has crafted a superbly contained trip to hell that I urge you all to sign on for" (James Ellroy)

"The best thriller since The Silence of the Lambs... Green River Rising is a brilliant entertainment...a powerful novel that will shock, and sell" (Daily Telegraph)

"Gritty...brilliant...a compelling story of gripping pace and brutality, a thriller in the true sense of the word" (GQ)

"This book should carry a warning: don’t bother reading if you’re afraid of being unable to put it down before the final page...a compelling, nightmarish canvas, marvellously painted... Green River Rising has the sure touch of a real craftsman" (Publishing News)

"Green River Rising is a stunner - and may be the best prison novel ever. This is a book of dark alchemy: turbulent milieu, brilliantly etched characters, pure adrenaline-fuelled narrative - richly sustained and stylishly realised. Tim Willocks has crafted a superbly contained trip to hell that I urge you all to sign on for." (James Ellroy)

Quatrième de couverture

'Green River Rising is a stunner ... Tim Willocks has crafted a superbly contained trip to hell that I urge you to sign on for.' - James Ellroy

After three years' hard time, minding no-one's busines but his own, Ray Klein wins his parole. That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates.

As the River sucks them all towards the abyss, Klein must choose either to claim his freedom and leave the ones he cares for to die, or risk everything and fight...

'Brilliant... a phenomenal piece of fiction... Green River Rising is magnificent' Sunday Telegraph

'Savage, detailed, engrossing and guaranteed to leave a great lived bruise on the reader's sensibility... Green River Rising inserts an impressively brutal grip' Sunday Times

'Gritty... brilliant... a compelling story of gripping pace and brutality, a thriller in the true sense of the word.' GQ

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099562413
• ISBN 13: 9780099562412
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible