William Boyle
Gravesend
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Shortlisted for the 2018 CWA John Creasey New Blood DaggerRay Boy Calabrese is released from prison 16 years after his actions led to the death of a young man. The victim's brother, Conway D'Innocenzio, is a 29-year-old Brooklynite wasting away at a local Rite Aid, stuck in the past and still howling for Ray Boy's blood. When the chips are down and the gun is drawn, Conway finds that he doesn't have murder in him. Thus begins a spiral of self-loathing and soul-searching into which he is joined by Alessandra, a failed actress caring for her widowed father, and Eugene, Ray Boy's hellbound nephew. Ray Boy Calabrese is back in Gravesend: some peo…
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Shortlisted for the 2018 CWA John Creasey New Blood DaggerRay Boy Calabrese is released from prison 16 years after his actions led to the death of a young man. The victim's brother, Conway D'Innocenzio, is a 29-year-old Brooklynite wasting away at a local Rite Aid, stuck in the past and still howling for Ray Boy's blood. When the chips are down and the gun is drawn, Conway finds that he doesn't have murder in him. Thus begins a spiral of self-loathing and soul-searching into which he is joined by Alessandra, a failed actress caring for her widowed father, and Eugene, Ray Boy's hellbound nephew. Ray Boy Calabrese is back in Gravesend: some people worship him, some want him dead . . . but none more so than the ex-con himself.'Bristling with energy, Gravesend marks Boyle out as a new name to watch' - Guardian'A brave and gripping novel from start to finish' - Big Issue'A dark, hard hitting novel' - The Herald
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85730-129-1
- EAN: 9780857301291
- Produktnummer: 23928147
- Verlag: Oldcastle Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'966 KB
Über den Autor
William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel, Gravesend, was published as #1,000 in the Rivages/Noir collection in France, where it was shortlisted for the Prix Polar SNCF 2017 and nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Boyle is also the author of a book of short stories, Death Don't Have No Mercy, and of another novel, Tout est Brisé, recently released in France by Gallmeister. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
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