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This is a gritty noir novel set during a Chicago heat wave. During a deadly Chicago heat wave that's claiming hundreds of lives, Robert, who's stuck in his apartment alone, fears he's going to be the next victim. In the apartment above him lives a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran who talks obsessively about the corpses of his war experience while alternately listening to Die Meistersinger and Madama Butterfly. One day, Robert ventures forth into the searing heat to gas up his car. Immediately he encounters enigmatic Lucy who is trying to escape her brutal fiance, Matthew Gliss. On a whim, Lucy invites Robert to her apartment where she shows him her mysterious tattoo and tells him of her dangerous life with Matthew Gliss. She warns Robert that if Matthew ever catches them together he should run, not walk, because Matthew won't think twice of killing him. So begins the risky, short-lived relationship that leads to a chilling climax. Each of Robert's increasingly hallucinatory recollections of what happened during the heat wave leads him to profoundly question his own culpability. This carefully crafted, gritty psychological tale will appeal to readers of noir and experimental fiction. Set in Chicago, "Beautiful Piece" is delicious prose with a distinct urban flavor rich in metaphor and wordplay.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Plný název: Beautiful Piece
• Autor: Joseph G. Peterson
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 206
• EAN: 9780875806297
• ISBN: 0875806295
• ID: 04750352
• Nakladatelství: Cornell University Press
• Hmotnost: 285 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 14 mm
• Datum vydání: 15. May 2009

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