Citizen Vince - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340921021 ISBN 13 : 9780340921029

Editeur : Arnold Publishers

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Splendidly entertaining, thoughtful (Sunday Telegraph)

A tasty novel. Funny, sad, mad, scary ... I liked it a lot. (Independent on Sunday)

Refreshing ... entertaining ... [with] wry precision and expert timing (New York Times)

It's been a long time since I've read a book as compulsively, indeed greedily, as I read CITIZEN VINCE. Here are characters who seem to live of their own volition, who talk out of a terrible inner need to make themselves known and understood, who reveal not just themselves but the yearning heart of our great flawed democracy. (Richard Russo, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of EM)

A nerve-tingling narrative (Manchester City Life)

Dazzling ... wry dialogue ... agile prose ... and a finely tuned plot. (Seattle Times)

Utterly inventive ... excruciatingly breathless (Washington Post Book World)

Admirably unpredictable ... always engrossing. Walter's best by far. (Kirkus Reviews)

CITIZEN VINCE is fresh and different - a gritty story of betrayal, and an extended riff on life, death and politics. Walter is a literary talent writ large. (Boston Globe)

This tale of unlikely redemption works because of Walter's virtuoso command of character and dialogue - along with a wicked second-act twist (Booklist)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Vince's real name is Marty Hagen. A career criminal from New Jersey, he has been given a new identity in a sleepy Northwest city by the Witness Protection Program. Since he testified against the hoods he used to run with, his rights have been restored - including his right to vote, something he's never done. For Vince, voting in the Presidential election becomes the most important thing in his life - proof that even a guy like him can change.

But while Vince is busy remaking himself, his past arrives in town in the form of a contract killer that he recognises from his old life. Has he come to kill Vince?

With three days left until the election, Vince must duck crooks, cops and an implacable killer, as he tries to figure out a way to save himself, and his dreams.

A suspenseful crime story, a moving love story and a superb evocation of time and place, CITIZEN VINCE is a truly memorable novel from an acclaimed author.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arnold Publishers
• ISBN 10: 0340921021
• ISBN 13: 9780340921029
• Reliure: Broché