The Broken Shore - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1905204442 ISBN 13: 9781905204441

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'If you only read one crime novel this year, read The Broken Shore ... it might just be the great Australian novel, irrespective of genre' Age 'Its hard to know where to start praising this book. Plot, style setting and characters are all startlingly good... The Broken Shore is one of those watershed books that makes you rethink your ideas about reading' Sydney Morning Herald 'Temple's work is spare, deeply ironic; his wit, like the local beer, as cold as a dental anaesthetic' Australian 'It might well be the best crime novel published in this country' Weekend Australian

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Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community. But Cashin's not so sure and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go. The relentless story of a town with a hidden past versus a man who is trying to forget his, The Broken Shore delivers powerful, lean writing, pumping more muscle and feeling into one paragraph than other writers can muster in a page. A masterpiece of insight and passion, Peter Temple's UK debut announces the arrival of a talent to rival Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin.

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• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1905204442
• ISBN 13: 9781905204441
• Einband: Tapa blanda