Description
| Product ID: | 9781035036424 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Title: | Assumption |
| Authors: | Author: Percival Everett |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Fiction and Related items, Fiction & related items, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, New Mexico, c 2010 to c 2020 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A baffling triptych of murder mysteries by the author of The Trees and James. <p><b>In <i>Assumption</i>, the follow-up to the wickedly funny <i>I Am Not Sidney Poitier</i>, Percival Everett is in top form as he once again upends our expectations about characters, plot, race, and meaning.</b><br><br>Ogden Walker, deputy sheriff of a small New Mexico town, is on the trail of an old woman’s murderer. But at the crime scene, his are the only footprints leading up to and away from her door. Something is amiss, and even his mother knows it. As other cases pile up, Ogden gives chase, pursuing flimsy leads for even flimsier reasons. His hunt takes him from the seamier side of Denver to a hippie commune as he seeks the puzzling solution. A wild ride to the heart of a baffling mystery, <i>Assumption</i> is a literary thriller like no other from the author of <i>Erasure</i>, now an Oscar-nominated feature film.<br><br><b>Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-21 |