Description for Lost Souls
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has minor wear to edges but remains very good
LOST SOULS begins with the discovery of the body of a small girl, dressed as an angel, concealed in a pile of autumn leaves. It looks as if the child might have been the victim of a hit and run. It's Halloween. The streets had been full of children. But how did a three-year old come to be hiding there alone in the dark, dressed only in her flimsy costume? And why were the child's feet bare? A ghastly crime, a bungled cover-up, several guilty secrets, innocence defiled, a community isolated, a lowering landscape across which a host of dysfunctional ... Read more
LOST SOULS begins with the discovery of the body of a small girl, dressed as an angel, concealed in a pile of autumn leaves. It looks as if the child might have been the victim of a hit and run. It's Halloween. The streets had been full of children. But how did a three-year old come to be hiding there alone in the dark, dressed only in her flimsy costume? And why were the child's feet bare? A ghastly crime, a bungled cover-up, several guilty secrets, innocence defiled, a community isolated, a lowering landscape across which a host of dysfunctional ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
W&N
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780297645658
SKU
KOC0024708
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michael Collins
Michael Collins was born in Limerick in 1964. He was educated in Ireland and America and currently lives in Seattle.
Reviews for Lost Souls
" It is, above all, American in syntax and rhythm and for an outsider like Collins, albeit one who has lived there for a long time, that is a great achievement... His mastery of style, moment and place, gives it a curious vitality which is thoroughly compelling."
JAY RAYNER OBSERVER "On occasion, his writing blends the commonplace ... Read more
JAY RAYNER OBSERVER "On occasion, his writing blends the commonplace ... Read more