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Brighton de Michael Harvey

Brighton

Autor Michael Harvey
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 aug 2016

„Trebuie să îți ucizi trecutul înainte de a-l îngropa.” Această avertizare brutală dictează ritmul în Brighton. Kevin Pearce a fugit de violența din Brighton la cincisprezece ani, lăsându-și prietenul, pe Bobby Scales, să plătească prețul. Douăzeci și șase de ani mai târziu, Kevin este un jurnalist de succes, dar secretul lor comun îl trage înapoi în cartierul pe care l-a evitat cu disperare. Subliniem tensiunea insuportabilă: Bobby este acum suspectat de crime în serie, iar Kevin trebuie să aleagă între carieră și loialitate. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Michael Harvey construiește o atmosferă elegiacă, unde moralitatea este fluidă și periculoasă. Dacă Mystic River de Dennis Lehane v-a captivat prin explorarea traumelor din copilărie într-un cartier muncitoresc din Boston, această carte extinde experiența în direcția corupției morale și a responsabilității adulte. Merită menționat că autorul își folosește experiența de jurnalist de investigație pentru a conferi autenticitate fiecărei scene de interogatoriu sau de redacție. Față de lucrări anterioare precum The Fifth Floor, unde accentul cădea pe conspirații istorice, Brighton este o introspecție mult mai personală și mai violentă. Este un roman polițist despre costul supraviețuirii, unde fiecare personaj poartă povara unei datorii neplătite. Propozițiile scurte și ritmul alert transformă lectura într-o cursă contra cronometru pentru adevăr.

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ISBN-13: 9781408878033
ISBN-10: 1408878038
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest thriller cititorilor care apreciază proza noir de înaltă calitate și studiile de personaj complexe. Veți câștiga o perspectivă onestă asupra modului în care trecutul ne modelează prezentul, totul într-un decor urban vibrant. Este lectura ideală pentru fanii lui Dennis Lehane care caută o poveste despre prietenie, trădare și răscumpărare, scrisă cu precizia unui jurnalist de elită.

Despre autor

Michael Harvey este un autor american polivalent, cunoscut pentru romanele sale polițiste și activitatea sa remarcabilă în jurnalism și producția de documentare. Educația sa solidă, incluzând studii de drept la Duke University și jurnalism la Northwestern, se reflectă în rigoarea narațiunilor sale. Lucrările sale au fost recunoscute prin numeroase distincții, inclusiv nominalizări la premiile Oscar și Emmy. În Brighton, Harvey îmbină expertiza sa în investigație cu o sensibilitate literară aparte, consolidându-și poziția de maestru al genului thriller contemporan.

Caracteristici

Film rights toBrightonhave been sold to GK Films, the Oscar-winning producers ofThe Departed(directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson) andThe Town(directed by Ben Affleck and starring Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm)

Notă biografică

Michael Harvey is the author ofThe Chicago Way, The Fifth Floor, The Third Rail, We All Fall Down, The Innocence Game and The Governor's Wife,as well as a journalist and documentary producer. His work has won numerous national and international awards, including multiple news Emmys, two Primetime Emmy nominations, and an Academy Award nomination. He holds a law degree with honors from Duke University, a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in classical languages from Holy Cross College. He lives in Chicago.@MichaelHarvey88www.michaelharveybooks.com

Descriere scurtă

A gritty and suspenseful Boston thriller for fans of Dennis Lehane andThe DepartedYou came back here to bury your past ... Thing is, you gotta kill it firstBrighton, 1975: a Boston neighbourhood where racial tensions run high and gangs jostle for dominance in the trades that matter - drugrunning, book-keeping and theft. Fifteen-year-old Kevin Pearce knows his best hope is to get the hell out before its bloody streets get a grip on his dreams. Bitterness and brutality stalk the hard-drinking generations of his Irish immigrant family. But when an act of violence tears their home apart, Kevin is forced to leave for New York, changing the course of his life forever.Twenty-seven years later, in 2002, Kevin wins the Pulitzer Prize for an investigative article on the wrongful conviction and death of a man from Brighton, and decides to visit his old neighbourhood for the first time in decades. But his past has long shadows - shadows which have taken on a life of their own. And when Kevin's prosecutor girlfriend Lisa asks his advice on a murder case, he is plunged into a web of deception and bloodshed that will test his loyalties to the limit and place the life he has built at risk.Grittily realistic, razor-sharp and darkly compelling,Brightonis about the meaning of family, the price of friendship, and survival in a world where one misstep can cost everything.

Recenzii

Brightonis the f***ing bomb! I loved it! ... Helluva Boston crime novel. Helluva novel, period. If you likedThe Departed, you'll like this.
I have enjoyed all of Michael Harvey's books, but his latest,Brighton, is his best. I couldn't stop reading
A powerful new voice in crime writing
A superb crime thriller with all the hallmarks of high-end literary fiction . This mighty thriller will exhaust you and fool you, astonish you and hold you in its clutches. You may wish you could close your eyes, but they'll be stuck wide open
Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the crime novel. A major new voice
Gritty and witty . A real winner
Edgy, and delivered at a cracking pace
A very good crime thriller ... both unexpected and extremely clever
The dialogue is snappy and crisp and the characters pop off the page
Harvey's a graceful writer, his characters are sharply defined and his plots never lead you quite where you thought they would
Brightonis a masterpiece of crime fiction, filled with fascinating characters and sparkling dialogue and visceral atmosphere and riveting tension, plus no shortage of terrific twists
One of the best
Remarkable . an epic story of loyalty and betrayal, poverty and piety, which twists and turns with jaw-dropping frequency. While the mechanics of the thriller very much dominate, Harvey combines them with the perspective and detail of an autobiography ... It's a difficult tightrope to walk but Harvey doesn't put a foot wrong. The result is an unusual novel that never relinquishes its grip. It has "special" written all over it
Absorbing .Brightonfollows the not infrequent formula of the past haunting the present, but Harvey's atmospheric capture of the community and excellent characters lift it well above the norm
Tough, gritty and unflinching, this is a powerful thriller
A grim, dark, depressing story of mistrust, mistakes and betrayal. Great stuff ****
Michael Harvey's gritty descriptions and his intimate knowledge of his setting make his latest offering a sure-fire hit with fans of his previous thrillers and those new to his work

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'Brighton is the f***ing bomb! I loved it!' Stephen King
'I have enjoyed all of Michael Harvey's books, but his latest, Brighton, is his best. I couldn't stop reading' John Grisham
'This mighty thriller will exhaust you and fool you, astonish you and hold you in its clutches. You may wish you could close your eyes, but they'll be stuck wide open' Washington Review of Books

You came back here to bury your past ... Thing is, you gotta kill it first

Brighton, 1975: a Boston neighbourhood where racial tensions run high and gangs jostle for dominance in the trades that matter - drugrunning, book-keeping and theft. Fifteen-year-old Kevin Pearce knows his best hope is to get the hell out before its bloody streets get a grip on his dreams. But when an act of violence tears their home apart, Kevin is forced to leave for New York, changing the course of his life forever.

Twenty-seven years later Kevin wins the Pulitzer Prize for an investigative article on the wrongful conviction and death of a man from Brighton, and decides to visit his old neighbourhood for the first time in decades. But his past has long shadows - shadows which have taken on a life of their own. And when Kevin's prosecutor girlfriend Lisa asks his advice on a murder case, he is plunged into a web of deception and bloodshed that will test his loyalties to the limit and place the life he has built at risk.

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Kevin Pearce—baseball star, honor student—was fifteen when he left Brighton in the back of a cab. He and his buddy Bobby Scales had just committed heinous violence for what they thought were the best of reasons. Kevin didn’t want a pass, but he was getting it anyway....
Twenty-six years later, Kevin is a Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist for the Boston Globe. He’s never been back to his old block, having avoided his family and, especially, Bobby Scales. Then he learns his old friend is the prime suspect in a string of local murders. Suddenly, Kevin’s headed home—to protect a friend and the secret they share. To report this story to the end and protect those he loves, he must face not only an elusive, slippery killer, but also his own corrupted conscience.