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The Drowned Detective
Neil Jordan
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Description for The Drowned Detective
Paperback. "An exceedingly deft crime novel that tantalizes us with noir mystery and foreboding, and with the ghostly humanity of the detective himself. It s very compelling reading." --Richard Ford" Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Jonathan is a private investigator in a decaying eastern European city, consumed by his work and his failing marriage. Approached one day by an elderly couple, he is presented with a faded photograph of their daughter, missing for nearly two decades. Troubled by the image of the little girl, who was the same age when she vanished as his own daughter is now - he is compelled to find her. But one night, soon after taking on the case, as he walks across the bridge spanning the river that divides the city, he encounters a ... Read more
Jonathan is a private investigator in a decaying eastern European city, consumed by his work and his failing marriage. Approached one day by an elderly couple, he is presented with a faded photograph of their daughter, missing for nearly two decades. Troubled by the image of the little girl, who was the same age when she vanished as his own daughter is now - he is compelled to find her. But one night, soon after taking on the case, as he walks across the bridge spanning the river that divides the city, he encounters a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408865163
SKU
KKD0006790
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan was born in 1950 in Sligo. His first book of stories, Night in Tunisia, won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979, and his subsequent critically acclaimed novels include The Past, Sunrise with Sea Monster, Shade and Mistaken. The films he has written and directed have won multiple awards, including an Academy Award (The Crying Game), a Golden Bear ... Read more
Reviews for The Drowned Detective
One of Ireland's most talented artists
John Banville
His belief in language is absolute, as is his mastery of it
Irish Times
His cinematic sensibility yields prose of the most bewitching kind
Sunday Times
His dialogue and characterisation shine
Independent on Sunday
Haunting ... Jordan has a light touch and a clear ... Read more
John Banville
His belief in language is absolute, as is his mastery of it
Irish Times
His cinematic sensibility yields prose of the most bewitching kind
Sunday Times
His dialogue and characterisation shine
Independent on Sunday
Haunting ... Jordan has a light touch and a clear ... Read more