A Thousand Cuts: A Novel

by Simon Lelic

2020-11-23 13:44:15

"In his powerful, wrenching debut, Lelic takes a sadly familiar crime and delves into the equally familiar menace at its root: bullying." -People In this riveting debut novel about sexism, bullying, and the horrific effects of random acts of violen... Read more
"In his powerful, wrenching debut, Lelic takes a sadly familiar crime and delves into the equally familiar menace at its root: bullying." -People

In this riveting debut novel about sexism, bullying, and the horrific effects of random acts of violence, Detective Inspector Lucia May investigates a school shooting in which a teacher has killed three pupils, another teacher, and then himself-a tragedy that could not have been predicted. It should be an openand- shut case. Yet as Lucia begins to piece together the testimonies of the various witnesses, an uglier and more complex picture emerges, calling into question the innocence of others. Brilliantly interweaving the witnesses'' accounts with Lucia''s own perspective, A Thousand Cuts is a narrative tour de force from a formidable new voice in fiction. Less

Book Details

File size7.76 X 5.06 X 0.62 in
Print pages304
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication date January 25, 2011
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780143118619
Author
Simon Lelic has worked as a journalist and currently runs his own business. He was born in Brighton in 1976 and recently returned with his family to live there. Rupture his first novel, was a huge cri...

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