Night People

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'Barry Gifford is a talented writer with a strange and originál way of looking at the world. Night People is stylishly and humorously told.' New York Times Set in the shadows of the deep South, the four intertwined tales that make up Night People take us into the lives of the odd, the innocent, the evil and the unearthly. Betty and Cutie, both ex-convicts, search for one redeemable man and leave a trail of destruction in their wake; two preachers, a brother and sister, do battle from their rival ministries; fpurteen-year-old Marble Lesson sets out on a mission to save her father from himself; Easy Earl runs into difficulties when he finds himself holding a smoking gun over the body of a dead policeman. Delving deep into a world fraught with sexual confusion and rife with discord, Barry Gifford presents a portrait of modern America at once affectionate and disturbing. 'Gifford cuts right to the heart of what makes a good növel readable and entertaining: the voices of real people. He... Tovább

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'Barry Gifford is a talented writer with a strange and originál way of looking at the world. Night People is stylishly and humorously told.' New York Times Set in the shadows of the deep South, the four intertwined tales that make up Night People take us into the lives of the odd, the innocent, the evil and the unearthly. Betty and Cutie, both ex-convicts, search for one redeemable man and leave a trail of destruction in their wake; two preachers, a brother and sister, do battle from their rival ministries; fpurteen-year-old Marble Lesson sets out on a mission to save her father from himself; Easy Earl runs into difficulties when he finds himself holding a smoking gun over the body of a dead policeman. Delving deep into a world fraught with sexual confusion and rife with discord, Barry Gifford presents a portrait of modern America at once affectionate and disturbing. 'Gifford cuts right to the heart of what makes a good növel readable and entertaining: the voices of real people. He nails it down - his books are more fun than nearly any around.' Elmore Leonard 'Gifford's night people are a strange mix of utter weirdness and bedrock humanity, rampant eccentricity and absolute individuality. Somé things in life are beyond analysis, and Barry Gifford is one of them.' Bo oki ist 'Gifford writes with clarity and great economy, imbuing these weird vignettes with an engaging lyricism.' Publishers Weekly Alsó available in Flamingó: Wild at Heart, 59 Degrees and Raining and The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula Vissza