Seeking Mr Hare
Seeking Mr Hare
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Zusammenfassung
On the 7th of February 1829 the notorious Irish mass murderer and 'resurrectionist' William Hare was freed from a Scottish gaol, put on a coach to Carlisle and subsequently disappeared from human view. This title takes up the story where our pariah flees his past through the Northern English countryside and finally across to Ireland.
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Seeking Mr Hare by Maurice Leitch
On the 7th of February 1829 the notorious Irish mass murderer and 'resurrectionist' William Hare (of Burke and Hare infamy) was freed from a Scottish gaol, put on a coach to Carlisle, left on the roadside there and subsequently disappeared from human view as if he had never existed. His fellow conspirator and provider of fresh 'meat' for the Edinburgh surgeons' operating tables had earlier been hanged, but fearing the mob's vengeance, the authorities had freed Hare hoping he would vanish for ever, little knowing that his name along with the nature of his terrible crimes would reverberate and live on even if his subsequent history did not. Seeking Mr Hare takes up the story where our pariah flees his past through the Northern English countryside and finally across to Ireland. Joining forces with Hannah, a young mute farm-girl, on the way, the pair travel from one adventure in survival to the next, all the while pursued by Percy Speed, a retired London enquiry agent hired by his noble employer to track down a life-mask of Hare for his private cabinet of curiosities. However when Lord Beckford loses interest in the quest, Speed doggedly carries on, determined to come face to face with his cunning and elusive quarry, no matter what the quest costs and where it leads him.
Ireland's best living novelist -- Eamonn Sweeney
Perhaps the finest Irish novelist of his generation -- Robert McLiam Wilson
Entertaining.. the narrative is lively and continuously interesting and full of incident ... engaging, inventive, assured in manner, deft in arrangement -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Skilfully interwoven by the veteran novelist from Northern Ireland, who conjures up a series of vivid and dramatic scenes ... impressive -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail *
Deft and verbally inventive -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *
An entertaining, black-hearted, opportunistic Irish rogue * The Times *
Leitch always pushes beyond surfaces on into the other side, into the dark that often turns out to be what we've suspected or feared or denied all along * Irish Times *
A slice of intriguing speculation ... rich characterisation and vivid depictions * Guardian *
An engaging contribution to the picaresque-cum-pursuit genre ... a memorable farrago * TLS *
Perhaps the finest Irish novelist of his generation -- Robert McLiam Wilson
Entertaining.. the narrative is lively and continuously interesting and full of incident ... engaging, inventive, assured in manner, deft in arrangement -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Skilfully interwoven by the veteran novelist from Northern Ireland, who conjures up a series of vivid and dramatic scenes ... impressive -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail *
Deft and verbally inventive -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *
An entertaining, black-hearted, opportunistic Irish rogue * The Times *
Leitch always pushes beyond surfaces on into the other side, into the dark that often turns out to be what we've suspected or feared or denied all along * Irish Times *
A slice of intriguing speculation ... rich characterisation and vivid depictions * Guardian *
An engaging contribution to the picaresque-cum-pursuit genre ... a memorable farrago * TLS *
Maurice Leitch is the author of many novels including Poor Lazarus, winner of the Guardian Book Prize, Silver's City, winner of the Whitbread Prize, and Gilchrist. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846689376 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846689376 |
| Titel | Seeking Mr Hare |
| Autor | Maurice Leitch |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Profile Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2013-08-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 312 |
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