Lou Berney

November Road (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and-mouse chase across 1960s Americaa story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Awardwinning author of The Long and Faraway Gone

Frank Guidry's luck has finally run out.

A loyal lieutenant to New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello, one of the most powerful and dangerous men in America, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now it's his turnhe knows too much about the crime of the century, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Within hours of JFK's murder, people with ties to Marcello are turning up dead and Guidry suspects he's next: he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot. With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas to see an old acquaintance, a ruthless man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish. Maybe.

Guidry knows that the first rule of running is don't stop, but when he catches sight of a woman on the side of the road with a broken-down car, two young daughters and a dog in the backseat, he sees the perfect disguise, a way to cover his tracks and outrun the hit men on his tail. Posing as an insurance salesman, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California. If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car.

For Charlotte, it's more than a carit's an escape. She's on the run, too, from a stifling existence in small-town Oklahoma and a husband who's a hopeless drunk. It's an American story: two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hopeand find each other on the way. Charlotte is drawn to a man who's open-minded and kind; Guidry is attracted to a woman who's smart and funny. He learns that she's determined to give herself and her kids a new life; she can't ever know that he's desperate to leave his old one behind.

But fugitives shouldn't fall in love, especially with each other. A road isn't just a road: it's a trail, and Guidry's relentless and murderous hunters are closing in on him. Guidry discovers that he doesn't just want to survive, he wants to really live, maybe for the first time.

Everyone's expendable, or they should be, but now Guidry can't abandon the woman and two little girls he's come to love.

And it might get all of them killed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062663870
• Artikelnr.: 54255902

Autorenporträt

Lou Berney is the multiple awardwinning author of November Road, The Long and Faraway Gone, Double Barrel Bluff, Dark Ride, as well as Gutshot Straight and Whiplash River. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. He lives in Oklahoma and teaches at Oklahoma City University.

Rezensionen

'A great read, combining brutal action with a moving love story; gorgeous writing, too. No Country For Old Men would be my comparison' Ian Rankin

'When people say they want to read a really good novel, the kind you just can't put down, this is the kind of book they mean. Exceptional' Stephen King

'Moving, wonderfully written and really scary' Nicci French

'One of the most remarkable novels of the year ... poignant, bittersweet, and unforgettable' Daily Mail

'Sharp, clever and precise ... beneath the sparkling surface there's real emotional heft ... Berney is well on his way to becoming an American crime great' Metro

'Shows that the Kennedy assassination remains fertile ground - conspiracy theory meets a bittersweet love story' Val McDermid

'Berney's prose is impeccable, his characters are brilliantly drawn' Spectator

'Nothing less than an instant American classic. Haunting, thrilling - and indelible as a scar' A. J. Finn

'A remarkable and unforgettable reading experience. This tense and riveting thriller is a deeply moving love story. It will stay with you long after you read the final page. You will recommend it to friends. This is a staggeringly brilliant book and a flat-out terrific read' Don Winslow

'One of the most distinctive, unexpected crime novels of recent years' Washington Post

'November Road reads like a long lost Jim Thomson masterpiece, it really is that good. Best book I've read all year' Simon Toyne

'A fantastic blend of hurtling thriller and heart-breaking noir ... It's immensely gripping, incredibly moving and superbly written' Stav Sherez

'Berney proves beyond doubt that he's one of the most talented crime novelists working today' Megan Abbott

'A quietly subversive writer who can surprise the most jaded readers. November Road delivers everything we have come to expect from him - and then some' Laura Lippman

'One of my favourite novels of 2018 ... Lou Berney's masterpiece' Adrian McKinty