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Robert Wilson The Vanished Hands
Harvest Books 2005-12-13 0156032821 / 9780156032827 Paperback Near fine n/a Paperback
New. Remainder mark. Near fine in publisher's slightly rubbed and bumped decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide.Praise for The Blind Man of Seville: 'Gripping and exhilarating... A potent blend of beauty and terror' Harlan Coben 'Robert Wilson's fiction grows darker, deeper, more adamantly original. It is crime writing at its very best, but it is also something more. It observes no limits, it begs no pardon. It excites, it surprises and it satisfies. High praise but Wilson really is this good.' Philip Oakes, Literary Review 'The Blind Man of Seville is an ingenious and compelling thriller. Falcon Sr's diaries are full of drama and confession -- like Alan Clark's, but with paintbrushes, firearms and catamites' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph 'As an evocation of the emotional labyrinth of postwar Tangiers and as a tale of artistic drift, it's rather brilliant -- a detective story Paul Bowles never wrote' Chris Petit, Guardian 'It is a book that exists on multiple levels, kicking off as an off-key detective story and ending up as (among other things) a tense psychological thriller and a literary investigation into perception and family loyalties. A wonderful, if dark and disturbing, literary detective novel.' Martin Radcliffe, Time Out Praise for A Small Death in Lisbon: 'Robert Wilson follows in the footsteps of such writers as John le Carre and Phillip Kerr... A highly satisfying book, part thiller, part psychological mystery and part novel of ideas. And it is superbly well written' Irish Times 'Compulsively readable, with the cop's quest burning its way though a narrative rich in history and intrigue, love and death' Literary Review 'Complex and fascinating' The Times The momentum never flags as the clues mount up and Falcon begins to realize where they are leading. It's an intriguing story and Mr Wilson handles its complexities superbly' Susanna Yager, Sunday Times 'This is powerful evocative stuff' Peter Guttridge, Observer Wilson creates an elaborate puzzle which eschews easy answers. Javier Falcon investigates a series of suicides amongst the wealthy of Seville. The deaths uncover an ugly equation between Russian mafiosi and a large paedophile network. Falcon battles for justice against the opaqueness of middle class Sevillanos, and the complexity of the case. The strength of the novel lies in Falcon who soars above an otherwise unwieldy cast of extras: he is a tortured soul and a sophisticated investigator. Wilson ambitiously makes many of the novel's wrongdoers faceless: he shows the gruelling struggle to bring genuine evil to account. This makes any small justices deeply satisfying but also hits us with the stark realism of inconclusiveness. Wilson's subject matter is often traumatic although never sensationalist. He shows the tiny, sorry details of lost innocence. This is offset by political flourishes: the legacy of Pinochet; the American myth of infallibility; the impact of globalisation. Although occasionally cumbersome, The Silent and the Damned is an elaborate, authentic thriller. (Kirkus UK) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Literary Review 'Its plotting is persuasive, its characterisation shrewd.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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