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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
"A significant literary achievement that also happens to be a terrific page-turner."- Jonathan Lee"Elegantly written, darkly entertaining."- John Banville"An extraordinary writer of great compassion . . . Stunning."- Denise MinaIn the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and a neighbor, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner-intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes-he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.In custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the circumspect Ander, and his workaday foil, Gary. Ander is particularly watchful now, because the man across the table is someone he knows-someone he hasn't seen in nearly thirty years. Determined to salvage the truth as ex-pupils and colleagues line up against the accused, he must face a story from decades back, from his own time as a Chapleton student, at the peak of anti-Irish sentiment.With the momentum of classic crime fiction, Throw Me to the Wolves follows two mysteries-one unfolding in the media-saturated present, and the other bubbling up from the abusive past of the 1980s English school system. Beautifully written and psychologically acute, it is a novel about memory and childhood, prescient and piercingly funny, as wise as it is tragic. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3334 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Fiction.
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Literature.
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Mystery.
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Thriller.
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Electronic books.
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Original 9781620401514 |
| ISBN |
9781620401521 (electronic bk) |
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