The Crime of Julian Wells
Thomas H. Cook,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Thomas H. Cook,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802126030 (0802126030)
Publish date: August 7th 2012
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Well, that was pretentious.Extended version: I didn’t get too far into this. Extremely early on comes this line, and I noted it wondering if it might be a pre-emptive strike: “I, the stay-at-home literary critic, whose primary gift was in dissecting novels that, no matter how awful, were certainly b...
How well do you really know your friends?That is the eternal question raised in this fine cerebral mystery, as an author's suicide sends his best friend on a journey into the heart of darkness, peeling away the layers of a lonely life, to discover the shadowy secret hidden in their shared past, whil...
Very well written and surprisingly enthralling book, in light of the consistently depressing nature of the subject at so many levels. A mystery that gradually unfolds, with each new revelation becoming more disturbing, leading to a denouement that surprises in many ways.
The Crime of Julian Wells is an absorbing read and I truly enjoyed this introduction to Cook's work. Cook masterfully weaves elements of Julian's past, his fervent belief that a father is the most important element in a child's life into a compelling and tense narrative that makes you consider the ...
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