An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone
Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist white townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till.
The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried. In this bold, provocative book, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence. The Trees is an enormously powerful novel of lasting importance from an author with his finger on America's pulse.
© 2022 Tantor Audio (Äänikirja): 9781666195347
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Äänikirja: 15. maaliskuuta 2022
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An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone
Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist white townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till.
The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried. In this bold, provocative book, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence. The Trees is an enormously powerful novel of lasting importance from an author with his finger on America's pulse.
© 2022 Tantor Audio (Äänikirja): 9781666195347
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 15. maaliskuuta 2022
Avainsanat
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2. elok. 2022
Olin laittanut tän jo aiemmin listalle mutta otin lukuun vasta nyt kun päätyi bookerin pitkälle. Voi vau mikä kirja! Ihan ekasta lauseesta lähti imuun. Kun kirjassa yhdistyy kieli juoni aihe ja yhteiskunnallinen merkittävyys niin ei voi muuta toivoa. Ollaan Mississippissä ja sehän mulle passaa, ah rakastan. Ai mut mitä muuta tuolla on kun aksentti ja joki? No ne rasistit. Kaiken muun hyvän lisäksi kirjalla on trillerimäinen juonirakenne, ja taas en voi suositella "takakannen" lukemista kun ekalla rivillä käytännössä paljastetaan loppuratkaisu. Todella taidokas kirja ja lisäksi sellainen, jota tekee mieli lukea koko ajan.
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