The Suburbs of Hell - Couverture souple

Stow, Randolph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925240312 ISBN 13 : 9781925240313

Editeur : The Text Publishing Company, 2015

Synopsis

'His eyes are on the one eye of the rifle. His mouth splits open his brown beard. He throws up a hand, palm outward, in an unwilled, futile gesture to ward off death.' A killer is hounding the seaside town of Old Tornwich. Residents are gripped by fear and suspicion, and the finger of blame is pointed in all directions. But the bodies keep falling and the crimes remain unsolved, the culprit at large. No mere whodunnit, The Suburbs of Hell - its story inspired by a real-life serial killer - is a profoundly disturbing psychological drama with a devastating conclusion, the final work of one of Australia's greatest writers.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'The most talented and celebrated Australian author of the post-[Patrick] White generation.' - The Monthly

'Fans of heady, noir-est of noir fiction, take note: Randolph Stow might be that missing writer you didn't know you loved.' - LitReactor

'A cleverly crafted whodunit... Stow is an example of the high calibre of Australian writers of yesterday. Many of these authors have been forgotten or perhaps overlooked. It's pleasing to see that Text Publishing released this edition in 2015 and continue to foster some of Australia's buried talents by re-publishing under Text Classics. For fans of the psychological thriller and those readers who enjoy a foray into a metaphorical tale, Stow delivers the goods.' --Salty Popcorn

Biographie de l'auteur

Julian Randolph Mick Stow was born in Western Australia, in 1935. His third novel To the Islands won the 1958 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Stow never allowed its two predecessors to be republished. He lived in the US on a Harkness fellowship in the 1960s. Stow died in 2010.
Michelle de Kretser's The Hamilton Case (2003) won the Tasmania Pacific Prize, Encore Award and Commonwealth Writers Prize (Asia & Pacific). The Lost Dog (2007) was longlisted for the Booker. Questions of Travel won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award, ALS Gold Medal, and was shortlisted for the IMPAC.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Text Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925240312
• ISBN 13: 9781925240313
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible