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John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. His debut -EVERY DEAD THING - swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers, and all his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He is the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award.
One of the most distinguished practitioners of US crime-writing. The book synthesises literate, poetic writing with scarifying grue. - Independent'John Connolly's novels should come with a Government health warning. Your heart pounds, you become breathless, and, once you've finished the last page, you become depressed and crave for his next one! Such is the power of Connolly's writing. The White Road is a dark, creepy and unnerving read. Connolly's world makes Dante's Inferno look like a picnic in the park.' Yorkshire Evening Press (Apr 02)'One of the best things to have happened to the American crime thriller for years. . . A thriller which does exactly what it says it will. It thrills.' Sherlock (Apr 02)Shocks galore keep the pages flying. - Deadly PleasuresDarkly atmospheric and menacing tale - Irish Times. . . brilliantly entertaining . . . Connolly is a gifted writer who leaves you like a hungry kid begging for more. - Voyeur (Australia)Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller. An assured, sophisticated tale . . . exciting but bittersweet. - The TimesWhat makes Parker intriguing is precisely that, though a crusader against evil, he has a dark side: he is haunted by the past, his capacity for violence and guilt. - Telegraph Magazinet
One of the most distinguished practitioners of US crime-writing. The book synthesises literate, poetic writing with scarifying grue. - Independent'John Connolly's novels should come with a Government health warning. Your heart pounds, you become breathless, and, once you've finished the last page, you become depressed and crave for his next one! Such is the power of Connolly's writing. The White Road is a dark, creepy and unnerving read. Connolly's world makes Dante's Inferno look like a picnic in the park.' Yorkshire Evening Press (Apr 02)'One of the best things to have happened to the American crime thriller for years. . . A thriller which does exactly what it says it will. It thrills.' Sherlock (Apr 02)Shocks galore keep the pages flying. - Deadly PleasuresDarkly atmospheric and menacing tale - Irish Times. . . brilliantly entertaining . . . Connolly is a gifted writer who leaves you like a hungry kid begging for more. - Voyeur (Australia)Connolly has honed the private eye's instincts into a sensibility of palpable evil that makes a strong core to this intelligent thriller. An assured, sophisticated tale . . . exciting but bittersweet. - The TimesWhat makes Parker intriguing is precisely that, though a crusader against evil, he has a dark side: he is haunted by the past, his capacity for violence and guilt. - Telegraph Magazinet
In private detective Charlie Parker's fourth installment (after Every Dead Thing), Connolly continues the disturbing saga of the mentally and physically bruised Parker, who is a magnet for the most evil villains imaginable. Connolly, who lives in Ireland, depicts an America that chills to the bone. Here he interweaves America's brutal history of racism with today's white supremacist movement to create a backdrop for psychotic criminals whose territory includes the supernatural, as well as Maine and the swamps of South Carolina. The wounds of our racial history (for example, lynching), which most Americans would prefer to consider historical anomalies, are presented as evidence of an epic evil that must be confronted if yesterday's and today's victims are to rest. And once again, Charlie Parker is forced to confront his inner demons and those who seek to hurt his loved ones, including his tough and resourceful pregnant girlfriend. Parker still wrestles with his tendency toward moral absolutism, which is, thankfully, not exhibited by his two intriguing friends, Louis and Angel, a gay couple who stamp out evil in their own no-holds-barred fashion. Connolly's other titles in the series should be read in order, as villains reappear in them or are related in unpredictable ways. Recommended for public libraries. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/15/02.]-Lisa Bier, Southern Connecticut Univ., New London Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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