Crime - Couverture rigide

Welsh, Irvine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393068196 ISBN 13 : 9780393068191

Editeur : W W Norton & Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Crime Welsh's sizzling new novel is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine State and a seething underworld of utter darkness, in this shocking story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul and the possibilities of redemption. Full description

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'Powerful, passionate writing on the serious subject of child abuse and its survivors, of guilt, mortality and innocence... Welsh gets it just right' Literary Review

Bereft of both youth and ambition, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox has fled to Miami to escape the aftermath of a mental breakdown induced by stress and cocaine abuse, and a harrowing child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. But his fiancee, Trudi, is only interested in planning their wedding, and a bitter argument between them sees Lennox cast adrift in Florida. A coke-fuelled binge brings him into contact with another victim of sexual predation, ten-year-old Tianna, and Lennox flees across the state with his terrified charge, determined to protect her at any cost. But can Lennox still trust his own instincts? And can he handle her inappropriate sexuality, while still trying to get to grips with the Edinburgh murder?

'Powerful...a bracing and engaging read' Daily Telegraph

'You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get here is a triumph. A thoughtful, rather brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them...it is incredibly sure-footed... there are echoes of Rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen...Welsh is a brave writer... this is a great, redemptive book. It leaves you wanting more, much more. There's only one and you should be reading him again' Observer

' Crime is by some distance Welsh's most restrained and thoughtful work ... The themes of organised paedophile rings, child abuse and murder are distressing, but Welsh's take is surprisingly considered and compassionate, and ultimately an old-fashioned moral one'
The Times

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now bereft of both youth and ambition, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. On vacation in Florida, his fiancée Trudi is only interested in planning their forthcoming wedding, and a bitter argument sees a deranged Lennox cast adrift in strip-mall Florida. He meets two women in a seedy bar, ending up at their apartment for a coke binge interrupted by two menacing strangers. After the ensuing brawl, Lennox finds himself alone with Tianna, the terrified ten-year-old daughter of one of the women, and a sheet of instructions that make him responsible for her immediate safety.

Lennox takes her across the state to an exclusive marina on the Gulf of Mexico, and quickly suspects that he has stumbled into a hornet's nest: a gang of organized paedophiles, every bit as threatening as the monster that haunted him back in Edinburgh. His priority is to protect the abused girl, but can the edgy Lennox trust his own instincts? And can he negotiate her inappropriate sexuality, as well as his own mental fragility, while still trying to get to grips with the Edinburgh murder and the emotions it unleashes in him?

A novel about the corruption and abuse of the human soul and the possibilities of redemption, Crime is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine State and a seething underworld of utter darkness.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393068196
• ISBN 13: 9780393068191
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible