His Bloody Project

Resumen del libro

*First time in paperback. *Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker prize. *Graeme Macrae Burnet's first novel, The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau with be published for the first time in the U.S.

simultaneously with this reprint. *His Bloody Project was met with universal critical acclaim and, in the UK, outsold the other titles that were Man Booker finalists. *Perfect for fans of The Alienist by Caleb Carr, this historical revenge tragedy and courtroom drama set in mid-nineteenth century Scotland is a comically dark account of a brutal triple murder.

*A unique approach to crime fiction, His Bloody Project consists of the fictional memoir of a murderer, followed by various statements, maps of the murder scene, medical reports, and testimonies that question the sanity of the narrator. *Deals with contemporary issues such as sexual assault and mental health in a historical setting.

Biografía del autor

Graeme Macrae Burnet nació en Kilmarnock, Escocia, en 1967. Ha escrito tres novelas: La desaparicion de Adèle Bedeau (2014, ahora en Impedimenta), Un plan sangriento (2015, finalista del Premio Booker, y ganadora del Saltire Fiction Book of the Year y del VRIJ Nederland Thriller of the Year), en Impedimenta en 2019 y The Accident on the A35 (2017). Fue nombrado autor del año por el Sunday Herald Culture Awards en 2017. Actualmente, Graeme Mcrae Burnet vive en Glasgow.