"Provocative, powerful, beautifully moving and expressive, when a retired teacher is arrested for murder, the investigating officer steps back into his childhood."
Beautifully eloquent, well written, and somehow teetering right on the edge of being a crime novel even with a murder and two investigating detectives. When a young woman is murdered, a neighbour and retired teacher is arrested and quickly forged into a monster by the press and social media. One of the detectives recognises his former teacher and takes a step back into his childhood.
This is a book that covers a number of subjects, it is both sharp and focused, and lyrically descriptive. While a murder sits at its heart, it looks into the shadows of hate, bullying and abuse. Patrick McGuinness has the ability in a few words to paint a vivid scene. New thoughts cracked open inside my head and I felt that not a word was wasted, even when “a third cup of tea” is poured.
As I read I explored a variety of emotions and found myself entirely consumed by Throw Me to the Wolves. A Liz Pick of the Month, and a fabulously provocative and challenging read, I loved it.
A young woman has been murdered, and a neighbour, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner - intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes - he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.
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A young woman has been murdered, and a neighbour, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner - intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes - he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.
Throw Me to the Wolves features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, General Fiction, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Hardback. £15.29, down from the £16.99 cover price. In Stock.
Throw Me to the Wolves was written by Patrick McGuinness and published by Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing
Throw Me to the Wolves has 329 pages
£15.29, reduced from £16.99. In Stock.
