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THE BROKEN SHORE: A Novel
de Temple, Peter
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- ISBN 10
- 0374116938
- ISBN 13
- 9780374116934
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Four-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. THE BROKEN SHORE is his first novel to be published in the U.S. Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community. But Cashin's not so sure and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go. The relentless story of a town with a hidden past versus a man who is trying to forget his,THE BROKEN SHORE delivers powerful, lean writing, pumping more muscle and feeling into one paragraph than other writers can muster in a page. As new, first ediition, first printing copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] M119
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Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia’s most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. He is the author of four Jack Irish novels: Bad Debts , Black Tide , Dead Point and White Dog . He has also written three other standalone novels: An Iron Rose , Shooting Star and In the Evil Day . He lives in Victoria, Australia.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- THE BROKEN SHORE: A Novel
- Autor
- Temple, Peter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374116938
- ISBN 13
- 9780374116934
- Editorial
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Páginas
- 368
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Product_type
- 2
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