Name: Trackers
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Author: Deon Meyer
ISBN: 9781444723670

Trackers: Now a major TV series from Sky Atlantic

Deon Meyer

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 aug 2012

Tensiune pură. O cursă contra cronometru prin peisajele aride ale Africii de Sud. Observăm cum Deon Meyer construiește o narațiune stratificată, unde supraviețuirea și trădarea se intersectează violent. Trackers nu este doar un roman polițist, ci o radiografie socială tăioasă. Simțim imediat ritmul alert, specific stilului care l-a consacrat pe autor ca vocea autoritară a genului în emisfera sudică. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Meyer împletește destine aparent divergente într-un complot de o precizie chirurgicală. Cei care au parcurs Heart Of The Hunter de Deon Meyer vor fi pregătiți pentru această incursiune brutală în inima corupției și a spionajului internațional. Spre deosebire de seria Benny Griessel, unde accentul cade pe investigația procedurală în titluri precum Icarus sau Thirteen Hours, aici miza este extinsă la nivel geopolitic. Putem afirma că Trackers reprezintă punctul în care realismul sud-african întâlnește suspansul global de cel mai înalt calibru. Autorul își folosește experiența în crearea de atmosfere apăsătoare, transformând Africa de Sud într-un personaj activ, imprevizibil și periculos. Este o lectură densă, unde fiecare detaliu contează și unde granița dintre vânător și vânat se șterge constant.

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Pentru cititorii care caută un roman polițist cu „suflet sud-african” și o intrigă complexă. Veți câștiga o perspectivă fascinantă asupra tensiunilor sociale post-apartheid, totul ambalat într-un thriller de spionaj care a convins criticii internaționali și a fost adaptat pentru televiziune de Sky Atlantic. Este ocazia perfectă de a descoperi de ce Meyer este considerat un maestru al suspansului contemporan.

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Deon Meyer locuiește în Durbanville, Africa de Sud, și este recunoscut la nivel mondial drept „regele crime-ului sud-african”. Fost consultant de strategie de brand, acesta s-a dedicat scrisului full-time, romanele sale fiind traduse în 25 de limbi. Lucrările sale, scrise inițial în limba afrikaans, au câștigat numeroase premii, inclusiv prestigiosul Boeke Prize. Meyer este celebru pentru seria care îl are ca protagonist pe Benny Griessel, dar și pentru thrillere de sine stătătoare care explorează complexitatea politică și socială a țării sale natale.

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Smuggling, missing persons and an edgy post-apartheid South Africa interlace in a riveting crime novel . . . This is the author's most accomplished novel to date. Following the thrilling plot of his bestselling Thirteen Hours was always going to be a challenge but he's visibly gained confidence, showing his technical skill and handling the different sections of the new book with effortless ease. It's a mesmerising read, and a startling revelation at the very end suggests that we haven't heard the last of these engaging characters.
How fulfilling the rewards are for those seeking crime fiction with real texture and intelligence . . . The author presents an unsparing picture of social divisions in post-apartheid South Africa . . . But perhaps his key achievement is the astutely drawn trio: the conflicted bodyguard, streetwise but falling for a major deception; the young woman fleeing a desperately unhappy marriage and discovering something that changes her perception of herself; and the ex-cop, finding that the incendiary reserves of violence in his personality are nearer to the surface than he thought. TRACKERS is a sprawling, invigorating and socially committed crime novel.
An ambitious, multi-threaded tale . . . comprehensively pulling the reader into the melee of modern South Africa . . . this is a book that tells a cracking story and captures the criminal kaleidoscope of a nation.
Meyer is the leading chronicler of South Africa, and his latest novel shows off his technical skill... a dazzling performance.
This year's great discovery: classy, edgy writing, subtly plotted and beautifully balanced between fast-paced action, pungent social comment and the process of investigation.
The Thriller Shot of the Year title goes to South African Deon Meyer for his superb tour-de-force TRACKERS which combines a spy plot worthy of Le Carre ("spy the beloved country") with several tense and violent criminal sub-plots and a complex and stunningly impressive narrative structure. All in all, a masterpiece of South African crime writing; which is rapidly proving to be the bench-mark of international crime fiction.'
This South African kind of crime is going global fast. TRACKERS shows why: three deftly-braided plot strands join political sophistication, strongly-drawn characters and a passionate concern with the Rainbow Nation's fate.
An unusually intriguing story about modern South Africa.
The book that stayed with me most from this year is Deon Meyer's TRACKERS . . . a dazzling performance.
Critics were struggling to come up with new adjectives to praise the South African writer Deon Meyer's TRACKERS, a menacing tale of smuggling and disappearances on a sprawling canvas of post-apartheid South Africa.
The author is proclaimed to be "South Africa's answer to Stieg Larsson" in a banner headline on the cover. I wouldn't disagree with that. He is certainly as powerful a writer, although his style is slightly different, and considerably more complex . . . this is one of the most absorbing crime stories you are ever likely to read.
Meyer's ambition matches his execution in this brilliantly complex standalone thriller set in his native South Africa . . . Few readers will anticipate exactly how the separate plot strands will be resolved. This powerhouse read, which captures the many facets of modern South Africa, should be the American breakthrough book this talented author deserves.
Award-winning crime fiction author Meyer demonstrates his superb gift for bringing together several disparate plots, striking characters, and vividly drawn scenes of contemporary South Africa, all roaring towards a climax with more than one surprise . . . With a fine eye for detail, an unflattering image of South African culture, and clear sympathy for the downtrodden, Meyer still never loses his focus on page-turning suspense and riveting mystery. Highly recommended.
Publishers and booksellers trumpet that "South Africa is the new Scandinavia" when it comes to crime writing and that Deon Meyer is "South Africa's Answer to Stieg Larsson". He's not; he's far better . . . With TRACKERS I would suggest he has moved into the John le Carré class, and not simply because one of the plot lines is about the workings of a South African security department and the political in-fighting involved, but mainly because this is a book which is a great thriller and a fine novel of characterisation. Indeed, the cast of characters is diverse (morally as well as ethnically) but every single one is fully-formed and three-dimensional and they all play their parts in a complex triple-stranded plot.
Without doubt one of the brightest stars to emerge from the Southern African crime scene is Deon Meyer. A big, complex novel, it skilfully weaves together three separate storylines, and three different forms of crime-writing, into a cohesive and fascinating whole . . . The result is a very powerful thriller that sweeps the reader up in its gritty portrayal of modern South Africa . . . Meyer's mixture of compelling, believable characters, tense plotting and fascinating insights into the texture of everyday South Africa make TRACKERS one of the year's better crime novels.
Being hailed as the finest novel yet from an author whose reputation is growing around the world. Deon Meyer, is building a steady collection of awards for his books and an international fan base.
It's like three complex, gripping an absorbing books in one, so you're getting your money's worth
Deon Meyer writes a cracking good adventure.
Meyer is a very good storyteller. A very good read.
One of the sharpest and most perceptive thriller writers around
Far and away the best crime writer in South Africa
This guy is really good. Deon Meyer hooked me with this one right from the start.
For reasons which I do not pretend to understand, Deon Meyer's absolutely brilliant thriller TRACKERS failed to win any of the British crime writing awards last year, which makes me think that there must be something fundamentally wrong in the Ministry of Mystery Prizes.

Notă biografică

Deon Meyer lives in Durbanville in South Africa with his wife and four children. Other than his family, Deon's big passions are motorcycling, music, reading, cooking and rugby. In January 2008 he retired from his day job as a consultant on brand strategy for BMW Motorrad, and is now a full time author. Deon Meyer's books have attracted worldwide critical acclaim and a growing international fanbase. Originally written in Afrikaans, they have now been translated into twenty-five languages.

THIRTEEN HOURS was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger and won the Boeke Prize in South Africa - the first time in the prize's 16 year history that a South African book has won.

Visit the author's website at www.deonmeyer.com and follow him on Twitter @MeyerDeon

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