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Highlights
- Edgar Award Winner for Best Novel and Winner of the PNBA Best Fiction Book of the Year "As thrilling as it is unnerving . . . Could have been written by Dashiell Hammett or James Crumley--at their best.
- About the Author: Robert Clark is the author of In the Deep Midwinter, My Grandfather's House, River of the West, and The Solace of Food.
- 352 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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Book Synopsis
Edgar Award Winner for Best Novel and Winner of the PNBA Best Fiction Book of the Year
"As thrilling as it is unnerving . . . Could have been written by Dashiell Hammett or James Crumley--at their best."--Greil Marcus, EsquireBy the acclaimed author Robert Clark comes Mr. White's Confession, a novel of mystery, murder, and two men's search for truth. St. Paul, Minnesota, 1939. A grisly discovery is made. On a hillside, the dead body of a beautiful dime-a-dance girl is found, and an investigation opens. Assigned to the case is Police Lieutenant Wesley Horner, a man troubled and alone after his wife's recent death, a man with his own demons. He soon narrows his sights on Herbert White, an eccentric recluse and hobby photographer with a fondness for snapping suggestive photographs of the dime-a-dance girls. As Horner discovers, White is also a man with no memory, who must record his life in detailed journal entries and scrapbooks. For every interrogation Horner has, Herbert White has few answers, pushing the murder investigation into unknown territory and illuminating the complex relationship between truth and fiction, past and present, faith and memory.
Review Quotes
"A pulsing tale of redemption and original goodness." --Pico Iyer, Time
"Strong, brooding . . . Clark's most striking achievement is Herbert's ambiguity, making it appear at once vulnerable and threatening." --Dan Cryer, Newsday "A novel of substance . . . reveals the subtlety of [Robert Clark's] artistry and the profundity of his vision." --Merle Rubin, The Wall Street Journal "The long ruminations of Mr. White . . . give the book its intensity and mystery." --The New YorkerAbout the Author
Robert Clark is the author of In the Deep Midwinter, My Grandfather's House, River of the West, and The Solace of Food. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.26 Inches (H) x 6.36 Inches (W) x .93 Inches (D)
Weight: .72 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Publisher: Picador USA
Theme: Historical
Format: Paperback
Author: Robert Clark
Language: English
Street Date: September 2, 2008
TCIN: 90815782
UPC: 9780312428129
Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-9128
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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