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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 (Ljudbok): 9781666195347
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Ljudbok: 15 mars 2022
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4
Spänningsromaner
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 (Ljudbok): 9781666195347
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Ljudbok: 15 mars 2022
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8 nov. 2022
Mer politisk satir än något annat. Kanske inte min kopp te. Första halvan är bra men sedan spårar det ur. Bitvis roligt dialog men mest klichéer. Platta karaktärer och för många att komma ihåg.
Jacob
4 feb. 2023
Mycket skarp satir över amerikanska rasrelationer och dess mörka historia som Everett drar fram i ljuset. En ibland hysteriskt rolig historia där skrattet ibland fastnar i halsen. Helt klart lite Twin Peaks-vibbar. Rekommenderas!
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