Bluebird, Bluebird: A Highway 59 Mystery, cartea 1
Autor Attica Lockeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 aug 2018
A
"heartbreakingly
resonant"
thriller
about
the
explosive
intersection
of
love,
race,
and
justice
from
a
writer
and
producer
of
the
Emmy-winning
Fox
TV
show
Empire.
(USA
Today)
*Winner
of
the
2018
Edgar
Award
for
Best
Novel*
*Coming
soon
to
FX
as
a
TV
series*
"InBluebird,
BluebirdAttica
Locke
had
both
mastered
the
thriller
and
exceeded
it."
--Ann
Patchett
When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home.
When
his
allegiance
to
his
roots
puts
his
job
in
jeopardy,
he
travels
up
Highway
59
to
the
small
town
of
Lark,
where
two
murders--a
black
lawyer
from
Chicago
and
a
local
white
woman--have
stirred
up
a
hornet's
nest
of
resentment.
Darren
must
solve
the
crimes--and
save
himself
in
the
process--before
Lark's
long-simmering
racial
fault
lines
erupt.
From
a
writer
and
producer
of
the
Emmy
winning
Fox
TV
showEmpire,
Bluebird,
Bluebirdis
a
rural
noir
suffused
with
the
unique
music,
color,
and
nuance
of
East
Texas.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316363273
ISBN-10: 0316363278
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria A Highway 59 Mystery
ISBN-10: 0316363278
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria A Highway 59 Mystery
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Notă biografică
Attica
Locke
is
the
author
ofPleasantville,
which
won
the
2016
Harper
Lee
Prize
for
Legal
Fiction
and
was
long-listed
for
the
Baileys
Women's
Prize
for
Fiction;Black
Water
Rising,
which
was
nominated
for
an
Edgar
Award;
andThe
Cutting
Season,
a
national
bestseller
and
winner
of
the
Ernest
Gaines
Award
for
Literary
Excellence.
She
was
a
writer
and
producer
on
the
Fox
dramaEmpire.
A
native
of
Houston,
Texas,
Attica
lives
in
Los
Angeles,
California,
with
her
husband
and
daughter.
Recenzii
Winner
of
the
2018
Edgar
Award
for
Best
Novel
ANew
York
Times
Book
ReviewEditors'
Choice
A
Finalist
for
theLos
Angeles
TimesBook
Prize
AWashington
Post10
Best
Thrillers
and
Mysteries
of
2017
AKirkusBest
Mysteries
and
Thrillers
of
2017
A
Financial
Times
Best
Book
of
the
Year
Best
book
of
the
year
fromVulture,The
Strand
Magazine,
Southern
Living,
Bolo
Books,
Publisher's
Weekly,
Book
Riot,The
Guardian,Lit
Hub,The
Boston
Globe,Dallas
News,Milwaukee
Journal
Sentinel,
Minnesota
Public
Radio,Texas
Monthly,
The
Daily
Beast,
and
theSouth
Florida
Sun
Sentinel
"A quick course in plotting and nimble characterizations rooted in a vividly evoked setting"—Nicole Lamy,New York Times Book Review
"An emotionally dense and intricately detailed thriller, roiling with conflicting emotions steeped in this nation's troubled past and present. . . . A rich sense of place and relentless feeling of dread permeate Attica Locke's heartbreakingly resonant new novel about race and justice in America. . . .Bluebird, Bluebirdis no simple morality tale. Far from it. It rises above "left and right" and "black and white" and follows the threads that inevitably bind us together, even as we rip them apart."—James Endrst,USA Today
"Gripping, suspenseful and gut-wrenching . . . I've never bought the notion of the Great American Novel. I think when literary historians look back, they'll realize this time had many, but if Attica Locke'sBluebird Bluebirdisn't on the list, I'm coming back to haunt them. . . . This is a layered portrait of a black man confronting his own racial ambivalence and ambition told with a pointed and poignant bluesy lyricism. . . . Locke's novel is America 'telling on itself.' Listen up."—Carole Barrowman,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Attica Locke's terrific Bluebird, Bluebird (Mulholland) simmers with racial tensions . . . a story told with Locke's crystal-clear vision and pleasurably elemental prose."—Seattle Times
"InBluebird, BluebirdAttica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it. Ranger Darren Mathews is tough, honor-bound, and profoundly alive in corrupt world. I loved everything about this book."—Ann Patchett
"Few contemporary writers have portrayed black Southern life with as much wit and heart-pounding drama as Attica Locke. . . . A dazzling work of rural noir that throws into question whether justice can be equally served on both sides of the race line."—Amy Brady,Los Angeles Times
"Locke pens a poignant love letter to the lazy red-dirt roads and Piney Woods that serve as a backdrop to a noir thriller as murky as the bayous and bloodlines that thread through the region. . . . Locke shows off her chops as a superb storyteller. . . . She is adept at crafting characters who don't easily fit the archetypes of good and evil, but exist in the thick grayness of humanness, the knotty demands of loyalties and the baseness of survival. Locke holds up the mirror of the racial debate in America and shows us how the light bends and fractures what is right, wrong and what simply is the way it is--but perhaps not as it should be."—Jaundréa Clay,Houston Chronicle
"Powerful . . . Locke is a master of plot who's honed her craft. . . . The deepest pleasures to be found inBluebird, Bluebird,though, are in her renderings of those who've loved and lost but still want to believe in the world's benevolence."—Leigh Haber,O., The Oprah Magazine
"I've never bought the notion of the Great American Novel. I think when literary historians look back, they'll realize this time had many, but if Attica Locke's"Bluebird Bluebird" (Mulholland) isn't on the list, I'm coming back to haunt them."—Carole E. Barrowman,The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Brooding, timely, gripping"—Family Circle
"Locke, having stockpiled an acclaimed array of crime novels (Pleasantville, 2015, etc.), deserves a career breakthrough for this deftly plotted whodunit whose writing pulses throughout with a raw, blues-inflected lyricism."
—Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Attica
Locke'sBluebird,
Bluebirdreads
like
a
blues
song
to
East
Texas
with
all
its
troubles
over
property,
race,
and
love.
Taut
where
it
has
to
be
to
keep
a
murder
investigation
on
its
toes,
this
novel
is
also
languid
when
you
need
to
understand
just
what
would
keep
a
black
woman
or
man
in
a
place
where
so
much
troubled
history
lies.
This
novel
marks
Love's
(and
Hatred's)
comings
and
goings
amongst
black
and
white,
and
all
the
shades
between.
Locke's
small
town
murder
investigation
reveals
what
lies
at
the
heart
of
America's
confusion
over
race."
—Walter
Mosley,
author
of
Down
the
River
unto
the
Sea"A tale of racism, hatred, and, surprisingly, love . . . [An] absorbing series launch"—Publishers Weekly
"Attica Locke's stupendous fourth novel is suffused with the blues. Pushing her classic noir plot deep into history and culture, the Houston native sings her own unshakable, timeless lament. Streaked with wit and hard-earned wisdom, 'Bluebird, Bluebird' soars."—Chicago Tribune
"Lyrical, elemental, and pulls no punches, exposing racial tensions past and present while a killer blues soundtrack plays perpetually in the background."—Boston Globe
"Attica Locke is a must-read author who writes with power, grace, and heart, andBluebird, Bluebirdis a remarkable achievement. This is a rare novel that thrills, educates, and inspires all at once. Don't miss it."—Michael Koryta,author of Rise the Dark
"WithBluebird,
BluebirdAttica
Locke
brings
freshness
and
vitality
to
a
beloved
form.
Her
storytelling
touch
is
just
so
strong!
From
the
first
beautifully
done
scene
until
the
finale,
this
is
a
very
propulsive
novel
concerning
old
deeds
that
keep
influencing
the
present,
injustice
and
courage--a
powerful
and
dramatic
look
at
contemporary
black
life
in
rural
America."
—Daniel
Woodrell,
author
of
The
Maid's
Version"This page-turner combines heart and heat."—Patrik Henry Bass,Essence
"Bluebird, Bluebirdhas the impeccable pacing, memorable characters, and deepening sense of mystery and dread we expect in the finest noir thrillers. But this novel is so much more. Darren Mathews, the black Texas Ranger at the story's center, is a man caught up in the complex and at times contradictory loyalties of geography, profession, race, and family. He is a brilliantly realized character and in his refusal to settle for easy answers, he leads himself and the reader toward the most elemental of contradictions: the inextricable link between hate and love. Attica Locke has written a marvelous novel."—Ron Rash,author of Serena and The Risen
"Attica Locke knows Texas, a place that has shaped both her characters and her life. Locke's new book,Bluebird, Bluebird, is evidence of her deep knowledge and love of her community and a deep talent for writing hype thrillers that also manage to be timely, relevant and keenly insightful."—Joe Ide,author of IQ and Righteous
"Attica
Locke
knows
how
to
tell
a
tale,
her
voice
so
direct
and
crisp
that
the
dust
from
the
side
of
Highway
59
will
settle
on
your
hands
as
you
holdBluebird,
Bluebird.Nothing
comes
easy
in
Shelby
County,
where
the
lines
between
right
and
wrong
blur
a
little
more
with
each
heartfelt
page,
and
love
and
pain
live
together
as
one
under
the
big
Texas
sun."
—Michael
Farris
Smith,
author
of
Desperation
Road
and
Rivers"This is Attica Locke's best work yet-and if you've readPleasantvilleyou know that's saying something. Just by her choice of protagonist (an African American Texas Ranger, tacking between two worlds as he solves a double homicide) you know Locke is a writer who makes bold choices, and whose fiction is powerfully connected to our troubled world."
—Ben Winters, author of Underground Airlines
"Locke's writing is both sharp-edged and lyrical. This is thoughtful, piercing storytelling with the power to transport."—Diana Evans,Financial Times
"Locke's latest is steeped in the blood of history but alive with the racial tensions of today. It's a twisty, carefully plotted thriller."—Chris Vognar,The Dallas Morning News
"A great new book series . . . Entertaining"—Charles Ealy,Austin American-Statesman
"Locke creates a town that breathes blues and beats with familiar warmth between those whose lives have been intertwined for generations."—Las Vegas Weekly
"Attica Locke's incisive look at racial issues reaches another milestone in the grippingBluebird, Bluebird.. . . The author packs the excellent novel with believable characters whose motives often are tied up in the complex morass of history and family. . . . Locke's superior storytelling excels inBluebird, Bluebird."—Wisconsin Gazette
"If I were limited to bringing only one book to you it would beBluebird, Bluebirdby Attica Locke and from eagle-eyed Mulholland Books. . . . As poignant as this story is, it's Locke's elegiac writing and her characters that make this book unforgettable, even beautiful. Locke's feelings of being black are so fervent it makesBluebird, Bluebirda work of literature that will make you cry and read slowly to delay the ending."—Jeffrey Mannix,The Durango Telegraph
"A rural noir suffused with the unique music, color and nuance of East Texas,Bluebird, Bluebirdis a timely novel about the collision of race and justice in America."—Deep South Magazine
"A sharp crime story . . . A detective story steeped with history . . . Locke has a wonderful grasp of how to tell a story about the past. . . . Locke's ear for people makes seeing how the past redoubles and affects the present a constant delight."—Nathan Jefferson,Los Angeles Review of Books
"timely thriller about race and justice"—PureWow
"a gripping page-turner with suspenseful hooks and an old-school, cinematic feel"—The Riveter
"Between the driving plot, the complex characters, and the righteous anger, Locke's latest, Bluebird, Bluebird, has exceeded my highest expectations."—MysteryPeople
"[Locke's] mystery novels are top notch...the book's hero, a black Texas Ranger, and his fight for justice make this a page-turner that brings Texas into sharp focus."—Bustle
"Locke's mesmerizing new novel bears all the hallmarks of modern crime fiction: the alcoholic protagonist with the damaged marriage; the townsfolk who close rank against outsiders; the small-town law enforcement agent with murky loyalties. But Bluebird, Bluebird is a true original in the way it twists these conventions into a narrative of exhilarating immediacy ... Locke has a vivid sense of characterisation, using everything from dialect to the fabric of one's clothes to make subtle class distinctions and depict mental states ... Locke is building a compelling body of work. In this age of enduring and renewed racial tensions, we need her voice more than ever."—Esi Edugyan,The Guardian
"A spectacular novel with so much more to offer than just mystery."—Bustle
"A native Texan herself, Locke knows how such racial animus can breed an atmosphere of dread, and she employs it deftly to spark suspense."—The Austin Chronicle
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Winner 2018 Edgar for Best Novel, Winner 2018 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. A powerful novel about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV/Channel 4 show Empire.