The Facility: A Secret History of Race in America
Autor Simon Lelicen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 aug 2012 – vârsta de la 18 ani
"Who are you? Are you the police? This isn't legal, you know. You can't hold me like this."
In a near-future dystopian Britain, democracy has been undermined. Emboldened by new anti-terrorism laws, police start to “disappear” people from the streets for unspecified crimes. But when unassuming dentist Arthur Priestley is snatched and held prisoner at a top-secret facility, his estranged wife, Julia, and a brave but naive journalist named Tom Clarke embark on a harrowing quest for the truth. Following a trail that leads to the very top of government, they soon find themselves fighting for their lives. Well-crafted, fast-paced, and totally compelling, The Facility is a brilliant thriller that resonates eerily with the timbre of our times.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143120681
ISBN-10: 0143120689
Pagini: 339
Dimensiuni: 131 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0143120689
Pagini: 339
Dimensiuni: 131 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Recenzii
“A heart-rate-destabilising novel about the outbreak of a sinister new disease, the authorities' reactions and a pair of would-be whistleblowers. I don't know the ending yet - I'm half-dreading it - but this is one fiendish, impressive book.”
“Lelic’s follow-up proves he’s no one-hit wonder. The Facility is well crafted…pacy and absorbing from the first page…Lelic has demonstrated once again his talent as a storyteller, keeping his prose fast-paced and always giving his characters distinct, believable voices. With The Facility he finds a niche as an author of solid, engrossing thrillers who could well turn out to be a serial bestseller.”
“Lelic can plot like a demon and write wonderful dialogue…[He] has real talent and it will be interesting to see where he goes next.”
“Edgy…Compelling…it concerns a top-secret institution where a number of prisoners have been taken against their will.”
“Timely…Lelic has written a thriller for our times, whose plot is driven by a political machine that’s oiled and ready in the real world…This is Kafka meets Orwell in contemporary England.”
“The Facility is an uputdownable thriller…there is simply no putting the book down at any point…Apart from his storytelling skills Lelic has two potent weapons in his armoury, his dialogue which is scabrous and flint-edged and his characters.”
“[Lelic’s] ability to create an atmosphere of tension and foreboding fits…neatly into this frighteningly believable conspiracy thriller... Clever, well-paced and with a clear message, this is an ambitious and important novel with shades of George Orwell's 1984 at its core”
“An elegant crime thriller about a falsely imprisoned man and his estranged wife, intent on finding the truth. They collide with a journalist investigating a secret government facility hidden in the countryside. Topical and fast-paced.”
“A deeply unsettling read.”
“Vivid and compelling, it has drawn comparisons with George Orwell’s 1984.”
"With his fragile, sympathetic characters, Lelic has the same ability to make us look at the society we're creating as John le Carré."
“Lelic’s lean prose and intelligent approach to a controversial issue produce a riveting read.”—Publishers Weekly
“Former journalist Lelic brings the skills of his profession to bear in his fiction: timely topics relayed in the crispest of prose… in his latest, he dissects with chilling precision the consequences of unchecked governmental authority… Lelic makes numerous salient points about the suspension of civil liberties by an all-powerful entity even as he depicts the nightmare of an innocent man and his evolution from outright terror to dignified resistance. A fast-paced, topical read.”—Booklist
“A perfect, gleaming piece of engineering…It works like a vise.”—Onion A.V. Club
“Fans of Saramago’s Blindness will be blown away by this, a chilling election-year fable for our current era of universal surveillance and corporate control of media and its perverse influence on politics. Lelic’s prose is lean and cinematic.”—Library Journal
Notă biografică
Simon Lelic is the author of The Child Who and A Thousand Cuts, winner of a Betty Trask award, shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award and for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel; it was also selected as a New York Times notable crime book. He has worked as a journalist and currently runs his own business. He lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and three children.
Descriere
In a near-future dystopian Britain, the police start to "disappear" people from the streets for unspecified crimes. But when an unassuming dentist is held prisoner at a top-secret facility, his estranged wife and a brave but naive journalist embark on a harrowing quest for the truth.