Those We Thought We Knew
The new literary crime thriller from the prizewinning master of American noir fiction
$26.30
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2024
Summary
Winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Prize 2023
“A beautifully fearless contemplation” - S. A. Cosby
“A literary crime thriller about belonging and betrayal in rural America” - Paula Hawkins
Toya Gardner, a young Black artist from Atlanta, has returned to her ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains to trace her family history and complete her graduate thesis. But when she encounters a still-standing Confederate monument in the heart of town, she …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780233006512 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0233006516 |
| Author: | David Joy |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘With his faultless ear for dialogue and exceptional sense of place, he has crafted a beautiful literary crime thriller about belonging and betrayal in rural America’ – Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Slow Fire Burning
‘Spinning the gritty complexities and colors of human nature with beautiful, immersive descriptions of the land, Joy writes both holiness and irreverence with the same weight and care’ – Leesa Cross-Smith, author of Half-Blown Rose
‘The best novels ask the hard questions and task us to come up with answers. Joy is asking the hardest question and daring us to answer truthfully’ – S.A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears and All the Sinners Bleed
David Joy
David Joy lives in the North Carolina mountains and is an acclaimed author of American noir fiction, including When the Mountains Burn, Where All Light Tends To Go (2015 Edgar finalist for Best First Novel), The Weight of This World and The Line That Held Us (winner of the 2018 SIBA Book Prize).
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