A Perfect Execution - Couverture souple

Binding, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330345656 ISBN 13 : 9780330345651

Editeur : Pan MacMillan, 2000

Synopsis

Jeremiah Bembo lives quietly growing fruit and vegetables which his wife Judith sells at the local market. In secret, under the name of Solomon Straw, he travels the country as England's executioner, carrying out the hangings required by law. In a post-war provincial Britain seamed with commonplace corruption, he strives to maintain a balance of compassion and justice, until a murder is committed which brings his two lives into an inevitable collision.

'A brilliant, terrifying and haunting novel . . . it has an almost Dickensian moral clarity . . . It combines all the packed action of a thriller with a vision remarkable for its breadth and for its humanity' Evening Standard

'A compelling mixture of murder-mystery, Greek tragedy and love story . . . In its exploration of human depravity Tim Binding, like his executioner hero, has taken on a terrible task with grace and intelligence' Sunday Telegraph

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tim Binding was born in Germany in 1947. He is the author of In the Kingdom of Air, A Perfect Execution, Island Madness, On Ilkley Moor, Anthem and Man Overboard. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan MacMillan
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330345656
• ISBN 13: 9780330345651
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 353
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• Personne responsable: non disponible