Jonathan Dyer

Broschiertes Buch

Judging Paradise

Beschreibung

"A relentless, haunting mix of the brutal honesty of Camus and the tangible tragedy of Conrad - a postmodern existential triumph." Judging Paradise chronicles a single chaotic day in the life of Frank Walker on the fictional Caribbean island of Santa Clara. Using Thanksgiving day as his backdrop, Dyer sends his protagonist on a strange 24-hour odyssey of violence, envy, and betrayal. The heat steadily rises culminating in a deadly conflagration "that seemed to spew forth from a hot fissure in the earth." Dyer's tightly packed novella, rich in descriptive detail, captures the inescapable effects of modernity's corrosive stimuli on a host of characters drawn with unflinching precision, giving the reader an unvarnished look at the contradictory natural and human impulses we display and confront on a daily basis.

Autor

Jonathan Dyer practiced law for a decade after serving in the Army as a Russian linguist during the Cold War. He switched careers in 1999 and for 21 years taught U.S. History, Government, and Criminal Law. He has been writing for 30 years. Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil is his first work of nonfiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9780557571680
• ISBN-10: 0557571685
• Artikelnr.: 40306592