His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Man Booker Prize Finalist, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, New York Times Editor's Choice, and an American Booksellers Association National Indie Bestseller

Named a Best Book of 2016 by Newsweek, NPR, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times

In the smash hit historical thriller that the New York Times Book Review calls thought provoking fiction, a brutal triple murder in a remote Scottish farming community in 1869 leads to the arrest of seventeen-year-old Roderick Macrae. There is no question that Macrae committed this terrible act. What would lead such a shy and intelligent boy down this bloody path? And will he hang for his crime?

Presented as a collection of documents discovered by the author, His Bloody Project opens with a series of police statements taken from the villagers of Culdie, Ross-shire. They offer conflicting impressions of the accused; one interviewee recalls Macrae as a gentle and quiet child, while another details him as evil and wicked. Chief among the papers is Roderick Macrae's own memoirs where he outlines the series of events leading up to the murder in eloquent and affectless prose. There follow medical reports, psychological evaluations, a courtroom transcript from the trial, and other documents that throw both Macrae's motive and his sanity into question.

Graeme Macrae Burnet's multilayered narrative--centered around an unreliable narrator--will keep the reader guessing to the very end. His Bloody Project is a deeply imagined crime novel that is both thrilling and luridly entertaining from an exceptional new voice.

With his critically acclaimed debut novel, The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau, which was included in the List's Best Scottish Books of 2014, Graeme Macrae Burnet developed a reputation for sharp and intellectual mystery writing. He was born and raised in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock, and has lived in Prague, Bordeaux, Porto, and London. He currently resides in Glasgow.

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ISBN 13	9781510719217
ISBN 10	1510719210
Title	His Bloody Project
Author	Graeme Macrae Burnet
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Skyhorse Publishing
Year published	2016-10-18
Number of pages	300
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