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The Blackest Bird: A Novel of History and Murder
Joel Rose
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Description for The Blackest Bird: A Novel of History and Murder
Paperback. Sweltering New York City, summer of 1841, the beautiful 'Segar Girl' Mary Rogers is brutally murdered. Popular amongst the journalistic and publishing elite, the task of finding her killer falls to High Constable Jacob Hays. At the end of a long and distinguished career, Old Hays's investigation will ultimately span a decade. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 326.
Sweltering New York City, summer of 1841, the beautiful 'Segar Girl' Mary Rogers is brutally murdered. Popular amongst the journalistic and publishing elite, the task of finding her killer falls to High Constable Jacob Hays.
At the end of a long and distinguished career Old Hays's investigation will ultimately span a decade, involving gang wars, grave robbing, and clues hidden in the poems of the hopeless romantic and minstrel of the night, Edgar Allan Poe.
Superbly researched and compellingly readable, The Blackest Bird is both a richly textured and atmospheric portrait of the birth of New York, a city raging with bloodshed and duplicity, and a thrilling murder mystery.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847670588
SKU
V9781847670588
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Joel Rose
Joel Rose's first novel, Kill the Poor, spent four months on the Voice Literary Supplement bestseller list. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, New York Newsday, and various other publications. He has written for several television shows including Miami Vice and Kojak and he was an editor at D.C. Comics where he wrote stories for both the Superman and Batman comic strips.
Reviews for The Blackest Bird: A Novel of History and Murder
'Murder mystery, historical novel, portal to another time; The Blackest Bird is a masterpiece.'
Anthony Bourdain 'New York's answer to the Jack the Ripper murders . . . a thrilling new whodunit'
Independent On Sunday
the fast-paced narrative is dense with clues, making the deciphering exhilarating. But this is also an engaging window onto the petty pilfering and brutal bloodshed of a young New York.
Daily Telegraph
Joel Rose cooks up a stew of vicious murders, arson, prison breaks, grave robbing, police corruption and internecine warfare between 19th-century New York gangs. With a playful nod to Poe's famous ratiocinative style. The Blackest Bird is a big, cantering tale from the same stable as Matthew Pearl's The Poe Shadow.
Financial Times
Anthony Bourdain 'New York's answer to the Jack the Ripper murders . . . a thrilling new whodunit'
Independent On Sunday
the fast-paced narrative is dense with clues, making the deciphering exhilarating. But this is also an engaging window onto the petty pilfering and brutal bloodshed of a young New York.
Daily Telegraph
Joel Rose cooks up a stew of vicious murders, arson, prison breaks, grave robbing, police corruption and internecine warfare between 19th-century New York gangs. With a playful nod to Poe's famous ratiocinative style. The Blackest Bird is a big, cantering tale from the same stable as Matthew Pearl's The Poe Shadow.
Financial Times