The Terror of Living: A Novel - Couverture souple

Waite, Urban

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316097888 ISBN 13 : 9780316097888

Editeur : Back Bay Books, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Waite Urban

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"The Terror of Living opens with gentle beauty, calm before a bloody storm, before building intensity with swift, jarring, and confident storytelling power. A fine debut from a writer of obvious and substantial talents. Readers--including this one--will certainly be following Urban Waite for years to come."―Michael Koryta, author of So Cold the River

"In the tradition of No Country for Old Men, Urban Waite has written a nail-biter that takes off from the get-go and never stops, a book chock full of memorable characters and kick-ass writing. Clear your calendar before reading this one, folks, because once you start there's no stopping until the end, which arrived much too quickly for this reader. A smashing debut."―Tom Franklin, author of Hell at the Breech and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

"A supercharged suspenseful thriller peopled by colorful characters and driven by terrifying events that begin at mach speed and never slow for a moment. Supremely cinematic."―Joseph Wambaugh, author of the Hollywood Station novels

"The Terror of Living is a smart, swiftly-paced and bloody Western for our moment. Urban Waite is a writer who won't let a reader wander away--he keeps you reading, and reading, and rewards all your attention with a powerhouse story and prose to match."―Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone and The Bayou Trilogy

"A hell of a good novel, relentlessly paced and beautifully narrated. There's just no let-up. An auspicious debut."

-Stephen King

"In Urban Waite's debut novel, The Terror of Living, three men-all on different sides of the law-find their lives tangled up like roots after a heroin delivery goes dead wrong. Deeo in the woods, with rifles blasting and knives flashing, with the gray faces of the mountains looking down at them, they seek revenge and salvation in one another. This is a book for and about men, one of the best of the year."―Benjamin Percy, Esquire

Quatrième de couverture :

Phil Hunt is a good man whose life has led him to do bad things. In the twenty years since the worst mistake he ever made, he has done his time and been saved by the love of a woman who has always kept the faith in him. But try as he might to lead a quiet life, Hunt still needs to make a living, and sometimes that involves a return to the wrong side of the law.

So it is that, during a foiled drug deal in the mountains, Hunt's path crosses with that of deputy sheriff Bobby Drake. Determined to prove his own worth and escape the shadow of his corrupt father, Drake is never off duty. Against the advice of his superiors, he sets out to capture Hunt, who must risk his life more than once for the sake of all he holds dear. As the chase closes in and loyalties are tested, Hunt and Drake will be changed irrevocably, and each must face a terrible choice...
'Told with a force that lifts off the page, and a sentient clarity about ordinary people trapped in crisis, it's a superb debut thriller'
Daily Mail

'The defining quality of Urban Waite's gripping existential thriller is an elegant sparseness, which inevitably recalls Cormac McCarthy'
Financial Times

'Taut, savage and heart-pounding... tremendously assured: tightly plotted, vividly written and revealing a sinewy way with words... Outstanding'
Sunday Telegraph

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Back Bay Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316097888
• ISBN 13: 9780316097888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336