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Bezig met laden... Holdingdoor Graham Norton
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. For a change some light holiday reading. I don't really like the detective genre, but I was seduced by the positive comments on this booklet, even though the hype may have more to do with the author: Graham Norton, mostly known to us for the sometimes hilarious fragments of his TV talk show on You Tube. The story itself seems to be one of thirteen in a dozen: the discovery of a corpse shakes a little village in Ireland on its foundations and brings out all sorts of unsavory secrets. A lot of stereotypes, both in characters as in the intrigue line, pop up. But to be honest: Norton has really done his best to keep the story smooth and fresh, with regularly a pleasant ironic touch. As said: nice holiday reading. ( )
With a real affection for its flawed characters and their back stories, Holding is at times heartbreaking, at others snortingly funny.
"From Graham Norton, the BAFTA-award-winning Irish television host and author of the "sparkling and impish" (Daily Mail) memoirs The Life and Loves of a He Devil and So Me, comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime. The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama but when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke--a former lover of two different inhabitants--the village's dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated sergeant PJ Collins struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret. In this darkly comic, touching, and at times heartbreaking novel, perfect for fans of J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of loveable characters, and explore--with searing honesty--the complexities and contradictions that make us human"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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