The Lime Twig: A Novel + nemokamas atvežimas! | John Hawkes | knygos.lt

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An English horse race, the Golden Bowl at Aldington, provides the background for John Hawkes' exciting novel, The Lime Twig,
which tells of an ingenious plot to steal and race a horse under a
false name.

An English horse race, the Golden Bowl at Aldington, provides the background for John Hawkes' exciting novel, The Lime Twig,
which tells of an ingenious plot to steal and race a horse under a
false name. But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens
when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to
muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out
with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the
tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on
another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and
loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, "John Hawkes..
. makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the
while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love
and love's defeat . . . ."