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"A mystery novel of profound depth." -- Booklist (starred review) "Walter is at his incisive best. . . . Hypnotically compelling." -- Publishers Weekly In this fiendishly clever and darkly funny novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter explores the bonds and compromises we make as children--and the fatal errors we can make at any time in our lives. While working the weekend night shift, Caroline Mabry, a weary Spokane police detective, encounters a seemingly unstable but charming derelict who tells her, "I'd like to confess." But he insists on writing out his statement in longhand. In the forty-eight hours that follow, the stranger confesses to not just a crime but an entire life--spinning a wry and haunting tale of youth and adulthood, of obsession and revenge, and of two men's intertwined lives.… (meer)
I have just finished reading all of Jess Walter's non fiction. I do a lot of reading so unless an author impresses me, I usually do not read more than one book by that author(too many good books out there). Walter impressed me. It started with Beautiful Ruins which is his most popular book and the one that I would recommend as the first read. I have thought that this, his 2nd novel ,would be a follow up to his first because he had Caroline the detective from the that novel as a character. She was in the book but not as a major part. The book is more about childhood connections and the impact of that time on people's lives. I found it enough of a mystery and a good read to keep my interest. Walter has 7 novels of fiction and he is a very good writer. He does good character studies, has an excellent literary style and tells a good story. I strongly recommend him as an author you might like. ( )
I just read this for a book group and was underwhelmed. One of my favorite books this summer was Walter's [b:Beautiful Ruins|11447921|Beautiful Ruins|Jess Walter|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1338161553s/11447921.jpg|16381755], but this riff on the police procedural (less "who dunnit" and more "what exactly is it that he dun") did not quite grab me--or rather, it grabbed me but only in that mildly icky way that an intense television cop show grabs you and then leaves you deflated with no sense of a there there. It seemed predictably unpredictable, if that makes sense. I found the long first pages about bullying depressing without really revealing much about the main characters and the "surprise surprise" final pages (and this kind of book needs to have a big payoff to make the long wait worthwhile) just fell flat for me. Walter is an excellent writer, to be sure, and you can see that here in flashes, but this particular story will not be one that I recommend of his. ( )
I was immediately impressed. This is my second book of Jess Walter's. It is about a man who comes in to confess to a crime. He starts writing down his story on a legal pad and is still going more than 19 hours and three pads later. The story alternates between this man, Clark Mason, and the female detective, Caroline Mabry. Clark starts his "Statement of Fact" back when he is five years old. So the story switches between present and past. Jess does so with skill, however, and as a reader I was completely entranced and not at all confused. I loved it! ( )
De ogen kunnen zich op twee manieren verwonderen... wanneer ze van het licht naar de duisternis gaan en wanneer ze van de duisternis in het licht komen. Plato, De Republiek
Iedereen droomt wat hij is. Calderón de la Barca, Het leven een droom
...hoe oneerlijker ik was, hoe beroemder ik zou zijn. De grens van menselijke blindheid ligt in het zich verzwelgen in blind zijn. Augustinus, Belijdenissen
Welke mens pleegt zelfmoord omdat hij levensmoe is? Erasmus, Lof der zotheid
Opdracht
Voor Bruce, Kristie, Ralph en Carol (in memoriam)
Eerste woorden
Hij zit alleen in de verhoorkamer, met zijn ongeschoren gezicht in zijn handen.
Citaten
Laatste woorden
Clark leunt tegen haar aan en de ochtendzon bedekt hen met een deken van licht.
"A mystery novel of profound depth." -- Booklist (starred review) "Walter is at his incisive best. . . . Hypnotically compelling." -- Publishers Weekly In this fiendishly clever and darkly funny novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter explores the bonds and compromises we make as children--and the fatal errors we can make at any time in our lives. While working the weekend night shift, Caroline Mabry, a weary Spokane police detective, encounters a seemingly unstable but charming derelict who tells her, "I'd like to confess." But he insists on writing out his statement in longhand. In the forty-eight hours that follow, the stranger confesses to not just a crime but an entire life--spinning a wry and haunting tale of youth and adulthood, of obsession and revenge, and of two men's intertwined lives.
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