Name: Letra torcida, letra torcida
ISBN: 9788412112832

Tom Franklin

Finales de los años setenta. Chabot, una pequeña localidad rural del sur de Mississippi. Larry es un adolescente solitario y triste que se pasa todo el día encerrado en su cuarto leyendo libros de Stephen King. Una mañana, camino del colegio, recogen en la carretera a una mujer negra y a su hijo, Silas. Los dos adolescentes, pese a tenerlo todo en contra, clase, raza y modo de vida, se hacen amigos. Sus vidas cambian la noche en que Cindy Walker desaparece.

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Tom Franklin's extraordinary talent has been hailed by the leading lights of contemporary literature—Philip Roth, Richard Ford, Lee Smith, and Dennis Lehane. Reviewers have called his fiction "ingenious" (USA Today) and "compulsively readable" (Memphis Commercial Appeal). His narrative power and flair for character-ization have been compared to the likes of Harper Lee, Flannery O'Connor, Elmore Leonard, and Cormac McCarthy. Now the Edgar Award-winning author returns with his most accomplished and resonant novel so far—an atmospheric drama set in rural Mississippi. In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. The incident shook the county—and perhaps Silas most of all. His friendship with Larry was broken, and then Silas left town. More than twenty years have passed. Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has returned as a constable. He and Larry have no reason to cross paths until another girl disappears and Larry is blamed again. And now the two men who once called each other friend are forced to confront the past they've buried and ignored for decades.

A Novel

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

A. D. Knapp

Really enjoyed this one. Maybe one too many connections between the main characters for me, but the brilliant portrait of loneliness that is Larry Ott makes up for a multitude of sins. Recommended.

Rebecca Henry

Loved this book. Great characters, good story too!

Fellowes Cynthia

This is an excellent book that I read a few years ago and just saw listed on Goodreads. Reminded me of To Kill A Mockingbird.

Melody Izard

I'm behind on my reviews. And this one definitely deserves one. Not only is there a murder and a mystery, but the South stands center stage as a main character. Mississippi heads the cast with her multi-sided self - her complex personality of sometimes a racist and sometimes not. Her rusty trailer parks and her unemployed. This book should be on your to read list.

In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry was the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, black single mother. But then Larry took a girl to a drive-in movie and she was never seen or heard from again. He never confessed . . . and was never charged. More than twenty years have passed. Larry lives a solitary, shunned existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has become the town constable. And now another girl has disappeared, forcing two men who once called each other "friend" to confront a past they've buried for decades.

Francine Corry

Amos, Mississippi, is a quiet town. Silas Jones is its sole law enforcement officer. The last excitement here was nearly twenty years ago, when a teenage girl disappeared on a date with Larry Ott, Silas's one-time boyhood friend. The law couldn't prove Larry guilty, but the whole town has shunned him ever since. Then the town's peace is shattered when someone tries to kill the reclusive Ott, another young woman goes missing, and the town's drug dealer is murdered. Woven through the tautly written murder story is the unspoken secret that hangs over the lives of two men - one black, one white. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is a masterful crime novel, sizzling with deep Southern menace, and distinguished by brilliant plotting and unforgettable characters.

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