Finding Moon - Couverture rigide

Hillerman, Tony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0786205741 ISBN 13 : 9780786205745

Editeur : Thorndike Pr, 1996

Synopsis

In 1975, small-town journalist Moon Mathias ventures into the turmoil of Southeast Asia in search of the young daughter of his recently deceased brother, a quest that takes him from Manila to the jungles of Cambodia as he uncovers a dangerous trail of smuggling, intrigue, and possible murder

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident since 1963, was the author of 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children’s books, and nonfiction works. He had received every major honor for mystery fiction; awards ranging from the Navajo Tribal Council's commendation to France 's esteemed Grand prix de litterature policiere. Western Writers of America honored him with the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He served as president of the prestigious Mystery Writers of America, and was honored with that group’s Edgar Award and as one of mystery fiction’s Grand Masters. In 2001, his memoir, Seldom Disappointed, won both the Anthony and Agatha Awards for best nonfiction.

Jay O. Sanders has been seen in over 80 films, among them The Day After Tomorrow, The Big Green, Tucker, and JFK; his stage work includes extensive work on and Off-Broadway. On TV he has appeared on, among many others, Law & Order, Northern Exposure, and Roseanne.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is Tony Hillerman's latest novel -- and hisbest audio by far. He departs from his trademark terrain of Navajo mysteriesto a story he has wanted to tell for decades.

Ricky Mathias, an American pilot, dies in the last days of the Vietnam War,his infant daughter orphaned somewhere in southeast Asia. Her uncle Malcolm'Moon' Mathias must set aside his job as a newspaper editor and his naggingself doubt to find the little girl. From the streets of Manila, to a ruralcockfight, into a Filipino prison on Palawan Island, and, finally acrossthe South China Sea to where Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge is turning Cambodia intokilling fields and Communist rockets are beginning to fall on the outskirtsof Saigon.

Finding Moon is many things: a latter-day adventure epic, a deftlyorchestrated romance, an arrested portrait of an exotic realm engulfed inturmoil, and a neatly turned tale of suspense. Most of all its a singularstory of how a plain, uncertain man can achieve genuine heroism by battlinghis fears to find his best self.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorndike Pr
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786205741
• ISBN 13: 9780786205745
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible