Joel Rose

The Blackest Bird (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel of History and Murder

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Joel Rose has caught the wild spirit of nineteenth-century New York with terrific panache.' Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential

New York City, 1841. When the body of young, beautiful Mary Rogers is found savagely murdered, High Constable Jacob Hays is charged with finding her killer. His journey will take him to the darkest corners of the city. In a sweltering climate of suspicion, ugly secrets come to light at every turn; and, mysteriously, Hays finds all paths leading to that hopeless romantic and minstrel of the night: Edgar Allan Poe.

'A stew of vicious murders, arson, prison breaks, grave robbing, police corruption and internecine warfare between nineteenth-century New York gangs... The Blackest Bird is a big, cantering tale.' Financial Times

'A thrilling whodunit.' Independent on Sunday

'Dense with clues, making the deciphering exhilarating. An engaging window onto the petty pilfering and brutal bloodshed of a young New York.' Daily Telegraph

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847676382
• Artikelnr.: 38358205

Autorenporträt

Joel Rose's first novel, Kill the Poor, spent four months on the Voice Literary Supplement bestseller list. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, New York Newsday, and various other publications. He has written for several television shows including Miami Vice and Kojak and he was an editor at D.C. Comics where he wrote stories for both the Superman and Batman comic strips.