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A PERSON OF INTEREST
por Choi., Susan
- Usado
- first
- Condição
- Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
- Livreiro
-
Ione, California, United States
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Sobre este item
New York:: Viking,, (2008). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The third book by this award-winning writer. From a review in the NY Times by Francine Prose: "The plot begins with the shock of the new Ñ or at least the sort of commotion we used to hear about, all too often, when the Unabomber was waging his grisly war against teachers of engineering and hapless electronics-store owners. In the first chapter, a bomb explodes, killing a popular professor of computer science, a rising star in his field who has briefly agreed to shed his light on a third-rate college. Immediately, we find ourselves in the mind of one of the murdered manÕs colleagues, a mathematics professor named Lee. . . . Choi allows us to become intimately familiar with Lee, even as she keeps him at the precise distance he himself might choose to maintain. . . [The novel] succeeds in making us feel deeply for characters who are profoundly flawed. More important, [it is] beautifully written. ChoiÕs precise, cadenced prose alternates between plain-spokenness and lyrical dazzle." 356 pp.
Sinopse
With its propulsive drive, vividly realized characters, and profound observations about soul and society, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Susan Choi's latest novel is as thrilling as it is lyrical, and confirms her place as one of the most important novelists chronicling the American experience. Intricately plotted and psychologically acute, A Person of Interest exposes the fault lines of paranoia and dread that have fractured American life and asks how far one man must go to escape his regrets. Professor Lee, an Asian-born mathematician near retirement age would seem the last person to attract the attention of FBI agents. Yet after a colleague becomes the latest victim of a serial bomber, Lee must endure the undermining power of suspicion and face the ghosts of his past.
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- Estoque do vendedor nº
- 58787
- Título
- A PERSON OF INTEREST
- Autor
- Choi., Susan
- Formato/Encadernação
- First edition -
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
- Editorial
- Viking,
- Local de publicação
- New York:
- Data de publicação
- (2008)
- Palavras-chave
- mystery, suspense, chinese american, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Asian and Asian American;
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