Unflinching, relentless, and powerfully written, The Low Road paints a searing portrait of two desperate men thrown together by chance as they both try to flee their troubled pasts. This savage noir surprises and grips at every turn. Young petty criminal Lee wakes up in a seedy motel with a bullet in his side, a suitcase of stolen money, and only a hazy idea of how he got there. Wild, a drug-addicted doctor also taking refuge at the motel, is forced by the proprietor to save Lee's life--and move him out before the police show up. Connected by this twist of fate, the two strangers go on the lam, becoming the wariest of traveling companions. As the two men reflect on how they arrived at this point in their lives, the past pursues them in the form of an aging gangster determined to retrieve Lee's suitcase of money--and punish him for the theft. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, The Low Road seduces readers with its poetic language and unique and indelible protagonists.
Chris Womersley Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Chris Womersley è un autore australiano la cui opera si addentra negli angoli oscuri della narrativa poliziesca, dei racconti e della poesia. Il suo background nel giornalismo radiofonico e i suoi estesi viaggi attraverso diversi paesaggi globali informano la sua sfumata narrazione. Womersley crea narrazioni che esplorano esperienze umane complesse con una voce letteraria distintiva.
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It is 1919. Quinn Walker returns to the NSW home he fled ten years earlier when he was accused of an unspeakable crime: the murder of his 12-year-old sister, Sarah. Quinn is innocent of this crime; the real perpetrator being his uncle, Robert Dalton - a man who is now town Sheriff and a pillar of the community. This book was named as the 2011 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the 2011 Indie Award for Best Fiction Novel. Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.