The Freshour Cylinders
創作的で実験的な語りを含む小説。構成や視点に工夫を凝らしたフィクション作品。
作品情報
創作的で実験的な語りを含む小説。構成や視点に工夫を凝らしたフィクション作品。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Macadam Cage Pub
- 発売日
- 1998-10-01
- ページ数
- 345ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 22.86 x 3.18 x 15.88 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781878448842
- ISBN-10
- 1878448846
- 価格
- 15505 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Hard-Boiled
Assistant prosecutor Tom Freshour investigates the brutal murder of an eccentric and enigmatic collector of Indian artifacts
Speer Morgan is the author of four novels and a collection of short stories. He is currently Editor of The Missouri Review. Morgan's next book, currently being written and researched, will be another Tom Freshour novel.
レビュー
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I'm about 1/3 of the way through the book and can hardly put it down. It's one of the best books I've come across in a long time!
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In Depression-era Fort Smith, Arkansas, a part-Indian prosecutor becomes involved in stopping the mining and sale of artifacts from the Spiro Mounds, the Oklahoma site of an abandoned pre-Columbian civilization. Murder, racism, intimidation, and a basic lawlessness in the area, especially among the legal professions, are memorably portrayed in this literary mystery, which draws heavily on the actual history of the Mounds, which were largely stripped of their contents by licensed miners before the government stepped in with a preservation plan. Just as vividly drawn are the lives of people struggling to survive against sand storms, desperation, and hate. The main character, Tom Freshour, was featured in the author's earlier "Whipping Boy", which is set during Tom's teen years at an abusive Indian orphanage. This was a wonderful find and an inexpensive ebook (Amazon, B&N, etc.), but it is also available in physical formats.
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I found the story interesting & entertaining. Learned quite a bit about the area near Ft Smith, AR, where I travel rgularly
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