The Silent and the Damned by Robert Wilson
The new psychological thriller featuring Javier Falcon, the tortured detective from The Blind Man of SevillePraise for The Blind Man of Seville:
'Robert Wilson's fiction grows darker, deeper, more adamantly originalHis seventh novel – nominally a thriller – turns the format inside out, extending its reach, tuning up the language, reinventing its anatomy. It is crime writing at its very best, but it is also something more. It observes no limits, it begs no pardon. It excites, it surprises and it satisfies. High praise but Wilson really is this good.' Philip Oakes, Literary Review
'The Blind Man of Seville is an ingenious and compelling thriller. It covers some unusual ground: the nature of artistic genius, for example, and the price of happiness. But while the investigation is convincing enough, it is Falcón Sr's diaries that are the real gem. They are full of drama and confession – like Alan Clark's, but with paintbrushes, firearms and catamites' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph
'As an evocation of the emotional labyrinth of postwar Tangiers and as a tale of artistic drift, it's rather brilliant – a detective story Paul Bowles never wrote' Chris Petit, Guardian
'It is a book that exists on multiple levels, kicking off as an off-key detective story and ending up as (among other things) a tense psychological thriller and a literary investigation into perception and family loyalties. A wonderful, if dark and disturbing, literary detective novel.' Martin Radcliffe, Time Out
'The momentum never flags as the clues mount up and Falcón begins to realize where they are leading. It's an intriguing story and Mr Wilson handles its complexities superbly' Susanna Yager, Sunday Times
'This is powerful evocative stuff' Peter Guttridge, Observer
Robert Wilson was born in 1957. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked in shipping and advertising in London and trading in West Africa. He is married and divides his time between England, Spain and Portugal
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007117840 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007117841 |
| Title | The Silent and the Damned |
| Author | Robert Wilson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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