Infinite Blacktop (eBook)

Sara Gran (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
292 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
9780571336623 (ISBN)

Infos

Driven off the desert road and left for dead, Claire DeWitt knows that it is someone from her past trying to kill her, she just doesn't know who. Making a break for it from the cops who arrive on the scene, she sets off in search of the truth, or whatever version of it she can find. But perhaps the biggest mystery of all lies deeper than that, somewhere out there on the ever rolling highway of life. Set between modern day Las Vegas and LA, The Infinite Blacktop sees Claire at her lowest point yet, wounded and disorientated, but just about hanging on. Too smart for her own good, too damaged to play by the rules, too crazy for most - have you got what it takes to follow the self-appointed 'best detective in the world'?

Sara Gran is the author of six previous novels, including Come Closer and her acclaimed crime series starring PI Claire DeWitt. She also writes for film and TV, including 'Southland' and 'Chance', and has published in The New York Times, The New Orleans Times Picayune, and USA Today.

Rezensionen

[Gran's] novels are beautifully crafted, blending punk sensibility with a deeply profound meditation on the human condition . . . She is the perfect narrator for our crazy era, a wunderkind of the zeitgeist, deeply affectionate and moving as well . . . we need Claire DeWitt.

A hard-boiled, existential masterpiece. ...This gorgeous, gritty novel x-rays the underbelly of America, speeding along with wit and terror and grace.

Brilliant ... as with all great crime fiction, these books rely on the voice of their detective, and DeWitt is the most reliably unreliable everywoman there is, vulnerable, violent, disingenuous, drunk, high, sexually reckless, vengeful, forgiving, wise, witty and full of heart. I would go with her anywhere.

'I'm a deeply devoted disciple of Claire DeWitt. She's the hero our dark times need: resilient and unpredictable and flat out brilliant. THE INFINITE BLACKTOP is both a truly great crime novel and a guide to the mystery of existence; it's humane and haunting. Sara Gran is a master at the top of her game, and I'm in awe of her virtuosity. The world may be falling apart, but I'm thankful as hell that Claire DeWitt is back.'

Deeply intelligent fiction that cuts deep ... Claire DeWitt's power will sneak up on you.

Claire DeWitt gets down and dirty in the best noir tradition.

'Uncompromising . . . what then follows is a masterclass in plotting, characterisation and style . . . beautifully intertwined to create a mesmerising picture of a woman on the edge in every scene . . . There are elements in The Infinite Blacktop that verge on the mystical and metaphysical. Throughout it all, DeWitt is as uncompromising and daring as her creator is, in a book that is deeply in love with the ethos of classic private detective fiction, while also dragging it screaming into the 21st century.'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: attica locke • award-winning • Chance • Claire DeWitt • Female PI's • Southland • Sue Grafton
• ISBN-13: 9780571336623 / 9780571336623