His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick

His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae (Man Booker Prize Finalist 2016)

MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2016 BY NEWSWEEK, NPR, THE GUARDIAN, THE TELEGRAPH, AND THE SUNDAY TIMES

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORSâ€™ CHOICE

"THOUGHT PROVOKING FICTION"â€•THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

A brutal triple murder in a remote Scottish farming community in 1869 leads to the arrest of seventeen-year-old Roderick Macrae. There is no question that Macrae committed this terrible act. What would lead such a shy and intelligent boy down this bloody path? And will he hang for his crime?

Presented as a collection of documents discovered by the author, His Bloody Project opens with a series of police statements taken from the villagers of Culdie, Ross-shire. They offer conflicting impressions of the accused; one interviewee recalls Macrae as a gentle and quiet child, while another details him as evil and wicked. Chief among the papers is Roderick Macraeâ€™s own memoirs where he outlines the series of events leading up to the murder in eloquent and affectless prose. There follow medical reports, psychological evaluations, a courtroom transcript from the trial, and other documents that throw both Macraeâ€™s motive and his sanity into question.

Graeme Macrae Burnetâ€™s multilayered narrativeâ€•centered around an unreliable narratorâ€•will keep the reader guessing to the very end. His Bloody Project is a deeply imagined crime novel that is both thrilling and luridly entertaining from an exceptional new voice.

Country USA
Brand Arcade
Manufacturer Arcade
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2017-09-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781628728309

Country	USA
Brand	Arcade
Manufacturer	Arcade
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2017-09-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781628728309

His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae (Man Booker Prize Finalist 2016)

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