Description
Product ID: | 9781526631947 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Spies in Canaan |
Subtitle: | 'One of the most powerful and probing novels so far this year' - Financial Times, Best summer reads of 2022 |
Authors: | Author: David Park |
Page Count: | 208 |
Subjects: | Espionage and spy thriller, Espionage & spy thriller |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as I've seen in a very long time' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption' IRISH TIMESMichael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Midwest. His retirement is peaceful, if solitary. But one day there is a visitation: a mysterious car on the seafront, and a package delivered. From its contents, Michael understands that he has been commissioned to undertake a final journey. As Michael makes his way deep into a distant desert – a strange and liminal landscape that lies between hell and redemption – he undertakes another journey, into long-suppressed memories: of Vietnam and the dying days of war, and to face a final accounting for what was done. ‘Another compact marvel … This is a meditative novel that, while investing heavily in a patient build-up of atmosphere, never forgets the need to put a foot on the gas’ DAILY MAIL‘David Park’s novels are always elegantly written’ INDEPENDENT'Unflinching, courageous, wise, alert to the thrill and sorrow of violence ... Adds to David Park's status as a superb novelist' FRANK MCGUINNESS ''It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as I''ve seen in a very long time'' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT''A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption'' IRISH TIMESMichael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Midwest. His retirement is peaceful, if solitary. But one day there is a visitation: a mysterious car on the seafront, and a package delivered. From its contents, Michael understands that he has been commissioned to undertake a final journey. As Michael makes his way deep into a distant desert – a strange and liminal landscape that lies between hell and redemption – he undertakes another journey, into long-suppressed memories: of Vietnam and the dying days of war, and to face a final accounting for what was done.‘Another compact marvel … This is a meditative novel that, while investing heavily in a patient build-up of atmosphere, never forgets the need to put a foot on the gas’ DAILY MAIL‘David Park’s novels are always elegantly written’ INDEPENDENT''Unflinching, courageous, wise, alert to the thrill and sorrow of violence ... Adds to David Park''s status as a superb novelist'' FRANK MCGUINNESS |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-05-18 |