His Bloody Project [electronic resource] : Documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae
Burnet, Graeme Macrae2015
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016. WINNER, Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 2016. The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but it falls to the country's finest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to commit such merciless acts of violence. Was he mad? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between Macrae and the gallows. Graeme Macrae Burnet tells an irresistible and original story about the provisional nature of truth, even when the facts seem clear. His Bloody Project is a mesmerising literary thriller set in an unforgiving landscape where the exercise of power is arbitrary.
Main title:
His Bloody Project [electronic resource] : Documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae / Graeme Macrae Burnet
Author:
Burnet, Graeme Macrae, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Saraband, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of the UK's brightest literary talents and has appeared at literary festivals and events on almost every continent. His second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, won the Netherlands Thriller of the Year Award and Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards 2017. It has been published around the world and been translated into more than 20 languages, as well as being selected for a theatrical reading/performance as one of the highlights of the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017. Graeme's first novel, The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau (Contraband, 2014), was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award and was a cult hit, and his third novel is a sequel to this debut.
Awards:
Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee (The Booker Prize Foundation)
ISBN:
9781910192153
Language:
English
BRN:
2305158