The World In Reverse
Publisher
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Seuil
Parution date
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EAN
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9782021030587
Number of pages
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264
Description
New York is the real hero in this gripping novel that boldly approaches the 9/11 tragedy.
New York City, August 2003. Two years after 9/11. The body of a newly murdered man is discovered at the Ground Zero site. No ID is found, but the corpse is identified as that of an Arab man working on the site, a devout Muslim who prayed during his breaks.
In charge of the investigation is FBI Captain O’Malley. His inquiries take him to downtown Manhattan and the tough neighborhoods of Coney Island as he questions witnesses and suspects. He talks with Candice, the Brooklyn-born, red-haired waitress; Pete, the overweight and racist ex-cop turned Ground Zero tour guide; and Simon, the French writer and guest teacher at NYU.
The prime suspect is Pete, who in the prior week got drunk in the bar where Candice works, and had a fight with the murder victim. Could he have killed him, thinking him to be a terrorist? And why won’t Candice, who was there during the fight, fully cooperate with the police?
All the central characters have a link with the World Trade Center attacks. Candice lost her beloved husband, Gregg, who worked in one of the towers; Pete was working nearby and tried, to no avail, to provide real help; Simon is studying the impossible grief of the family and friends of those who died that terrible day. History is very much a part of the mystery, but the living city is the most important part of the story.
L’Envers du monde combines elements of suspense and tragedy with honesty, tenderness, and awe.
Author
Thomas B. Reverdy :
Thomas Reverdy was born in 1974. He is the author of La Montée des eaux (2003), Le Ciel pour mémoire (2005), and Les Derniers feux (2008, Valéry-Larbaud Prize recipient), all published by Le Seuil.
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