Books by Jayne Anne Phillips
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review 1: based on a true story of mass murderer. journalist and photographer work (startlingly closely) with police to find a couple of useful clues as to identity and then whereabouts of the perpetrator, and then are there at trial to report to the nation. plus romances, between Emily a...
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review 1: A spectacularly riveting novel based on a real life crime by a con man who preyed on widows: “a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year” (Stephen King)—“think In Cold Blood meets The Lovely Bones—but sexy” In Chicago in 1931, As...
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review 1: Ben er nog beduusd van. Wat een prachtig boek. Liet me volledig meeslepen in knappe taal en meedogenloze en liefdevolle personages. Stilistisch klopt het ook helemaal. De (ver)taal- of schrijffoutjes die me alleen in het begin opvielen ten spijt. (Vind het altijd moeilijk te bepa...
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review 1: The novel's structure and time frame contribute to the fascinating and compelling store. The use of four voices reminds me of Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury," but with a lot of difference. I learned a lot about the early part of the Korean War, a very sobering story, and was ...
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review 1: This novel is so multi-faceted, it's hard to write much about without giving away the story line too much. The setting changes during the course of the book, but the main characters, Lark and her brother nicknamed Termite, are in a small town in West Virginia. What touched me mo...