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In 1929, an explosion at a dance hall in a Missouri town killed 42 people. Who was to blame? Mobsters from St. Louis? Embittered gypsies? The preacher who railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it have been a colossal accident? Alma Dunahew, whose scandalous younger sister was among the dead, believes she knows the answer - and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. But no one will listen to a woman from the wrong side of the tracks. Maid to a prominent citizen, wife of a hopeless alcoholic, her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. It is only decades later that her grandson listens to her account and unearths the sorry truth. With remarkable economy, Daniel Woodrell tells a richly layered story of passion, betrayal and vengeance and two families at opposite ends of the social scale connected down the generations by a festering secret. This is a stunning novel by a writer hailed by Roddy Doyle as 'one of the world's greatest novelists'.

About the Author :
Daniel Woodrell is the author of the story collection The Outlaw Album and eight novels, five of which have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His most recent, Winter's Bone, was made into a film that was shortlisted for four Oscars. He lives in the Ozarks with his wife, Katie Estill.

Review :
Praise for WINTER'S BONE: 'It brings us all the satisfactions of crime thriller and mystery...The beauty lies in the loveable and wholly believable character of Ree' - Guardian A suspicion grows that you are reading the sort of book D.B.C Pierre's Vernon God Little might have been, had it been five times as keenly observed and deeply felt - The Times Woodrell is a marvellous writer - Roddy Doyle Woodrell throws down sentences that will leave you amazed. - Charles Frazier Brutal, violent and completely gripping - Independent on Sunday Praise for THE OUTLAW ALBUM: 'His language is complex, poetic, strange and beautiful, conjuring up the misty fields and woods of the Ozarks, and the fiercely independent people who live there.' - Josh Lacey, Guardian wonderful, savage narratives...remarkable even by Woodrell's soaring standards - Irish Times In a tight navigation of narrative voice, Woodrell manages to turn candid detachment into a form of rough poetic truth, even though the lives of his characters remain far removed from the world of literary sentiment. - TLS


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781444732849
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Publisher Imprint: Sceptre
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Weight: 242 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1444732846
  • Publisher Date: 15 Aug 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 136 mm


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