The Tenderness of Wolves - Couverture souple

Penney, Stef

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905204825 ISBN 13 : 9781905204823

Editeur : Quercus Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

1867, Canada: as winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a 17-year old boy disappears. Tracks leaving the dead man's cabin head north towards the forest and the tundra beyond. In the wake of such violence, people are drawn to the township - journalists, Hudson's Bay Company men, trappers, traders - but do they want to solve the crime, or exploit it? One-by-one the assembled searchers set out from Dove River, pursuing the tracks across a desolate landscape home only to wild animals, madmen and fugitives, variously seeking a murderer, a son, two sisters missing for 17 years, a forgotten Native American culture, and a fortune in stolen furs before the snows settle and cover the tracks of the past for good. In an astonishingly assured debut, Stef Penney deftly weaves adventure, suspense, revelation and humour into a panoramic historical romance, an exhilarating thriller, a keen murder mystery and ultimately, with the sheer scope and quality of her storytelling, one of the books of the year.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Stef Penney grew up in Edinburgh. She has degrees in Philosophy and Theology and Film and TV, and was selected for the Carlton Television New Writers Scheme and has since written and directed two short films. She is the author of The Tenderness of Wolves and The Invisible Ones.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quercus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905204825
• ISBN 13: 9781905204823
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 466
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible