The Unquiet
Autor John Connollyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 noi 2015
Putem afirma că vocea narativă a lui John Connolly atinge în acest al șaselea volum o intensitate aproape viscerală. Charlie Parker nu mai este doar un detectiv, ci un mediator între lumea celor vii și umbrele trecutului. Tensiunea se acumulează rapid. Daniel Clay, un psihiatru cu un trecut pătat, a dispărut. Fiica sa, Rebecca, speră la liniște. Merrick, un tată transformat în ucigaș de propria durere, vrea răspunsuri. Charlie Parker intră în scenă pentru a-l opri pe Merrick, dar descoperă un mecanism al răului mult mai vast. Suntem de părere că forța acestui roman rezidă în modul în care Connolly împletește realismul dur al unei investigații cu elemente de groază pură. Atmosfera te trimite cu gândul la Every Dead Thing, deși aici amenințarea supranaturală reprezentată de „The Hollow Men” marchează o voce proprie, mult mai sumbră. Ritmul este alert, capitolele funcționând ca niște piese dintr-un puzzle macabru. Dacă în The Killing Kind exploram fanatismul, aici explorăm moștenirea durerii și limitele răzbunării. Este o lectură densă, scrisă în limba engleză, unde fiecare umbră pare să prindă viață, iar granița dintre justiție și crimă devine insesizabilă.
Preț: 105.65 lei
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 16-30 iunie
Specificații
ISBN-10: 1501122665
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 134 x 208 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: ATRIA
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută un hibrid perfect între thrillerul polițist și literatura horror. Veți câștiga o experiență de lectură tensionată, unde personajul Charlie Parker demonstrează de ce este unul dintre cei mai complecși protagoniști ai genului. Este un punct critic al seriei, ideal pentru cei care apreciază misterele cu ramificații morale profunde și o notă de supranatural bine dozată.
Despre autor
John Connolly este un autor irlandez de renume mondial, celebru pentru seria de romane polițiste care îl are ca protagonist pe Charlie Parker. Născut în Dublin, Connolly a fost primul scriitor non-american care a câștigat prestigiosul premiu Shamus și primul irlandez distins cu un premiu Edgar. Opera sa este marcată de o fuziune unică între genul noir și elemente supranaturale, teme regăsite și în lucrări precum The Instruments of Darkness sau colecția Nocturnes. Stilul său este recunoscut pentru lirismul întunecat și explorarea profundă a naturii răului uman.
Descriere scurtă
Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has gone missing, following revelations about the harm done to children in his care. Now, a killer obsessed with finding the truth about his own daughter s disappearance is seeking revenge, and Charlie Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Clay to be revealed, and those who will go to any lengths to keep it hidden.
As with his previous novels, John Connolly masterfully intertwines mystery, emotion, and violence in this gripping page-turner. Fast-paced, hypnotic, and elegantly written, "The Unquiet" is John Connolly at his chilling best."
Notă biografică
Descriere
This world is full of broken things
The psychiatrist Daniel Clay has been missing for years following allegations about the harm done to children in his care. If he's dead, some might say he got off lightly.
But the killer Merrick does not believe Daniel Clay is dead. Merrick was in prison when his child disappeared while being treated by Clay. Now he wants answers from Clay's daughter Rebecca, and if she can't provide them, he'll settle for revenge. Only private investigator Charlie Parker stands in his way.
But Daniel Clay may not have been acting alone, and neither is Merrick. Dark forces are gathering, intent on protecting old secrets - or revealing them. To shine a light on the past, Parker may have to set a fire that burns everything, and everyone, in its path.
'You'll be running shards of it through your mind once the book is finished'
Irish Times
'This man's so good, it's terrifying'
The Times
Recenzii
Parker is a classic character who walks straight and tall like someone from the old west, and the reader knows all will be well once he arrives in town. THE UNQUIET just won't let you put it down as the plot careers across the pages like a runaway train. Excellent!
This man's so good, it's terrifying ... a quieter, subtler, more reflective way of scaring us into shivering wrecks ... His gift for instilling terror is undimmed ... Connolly operates in the terrain between unease and horror and does so without resorting to hysteria.
Connolly's books are shot through with bitter poetry, and couched in prose as elegant as most literary fiction . . . However, all of this is not the overriding reason why Connolly has risen above most of his peers. It's because Connolly's work has raised the stakes, beyond the quotidian concerns of most crime novels, into a grandiose conflict between the forces of good and evil, with religion and the paranormal stirred into the heady brew.'
THE UNQUIET reveals both pace, full description and a compelling central character. It's a rich achievement - and strange that a master of the macabre like Connolly should seem such a nice guy.
Connolly handles the unspeakable with consummate ease
Parker seeks truth and discovers pain. His sleuthing is fast-packed, which makes THE UNQUIET a thrilling read'
Originality in story and style is what makes Connolly stand out from the thriller pack. THE UNQUIET is plotted and paced not to break your neck, like those of his rivals in the business, but to efficiently crush every bone in your body.
In two fascinating confrontational scenes between Parker and He/It-who-will-not-be-named here, (Connolly) writes superbly mesmerising dialogue. You'll be running shards of it through your mind after the book is finished . . . THE UNQUIET ends with the tantalising suggestion that the detective, after years of relentless, self-righteous violence, has literally lost his soul - and that the ultimate enemy has yet to come. I can't wait.
'Connolly is a master of suggestion, creating mood and suspense with ease, and unflinchingly presents a hard-eyed look at the horrors that can lurk in quiet, rustic settings.
Very well researched and very sympathetically written; when the plot gets very dark, I find the author has the knack of lightening the mood. A fast moving thriller with shades of the supernatural.