![]() ![]() ![]() But the impact of this book was different. Especially when we’re talking about murder. ![]() The deal is that if I sit down and make it all the way to the end of your book, you will properly explained to me what has happened. The narrative is told through ‘found’ documents everything you’re told is unreliable to some extent, and the reader is left to try and piece together what ‘really’ happened.īurnet is another one who, like Donna Tartt in The Little Friend, breaks that contract between reader and writer. It is easy to read, whilst also being impossible to pin down. Every time I speak to someone else who has read it, we launch into a session of wild speculation, like a couple of incompetent Jessica Fletchers trying to follow the clues, fill in the gaps and identify which were the red herrings generally work out why the version we’re being led to believe is true just doesn’t add up. His Bloody Project is a dark, revolting and ridiculously compelling story of a triple murder in a tiny Highlands crofting community in 1869.īrought to wide attention through its nomination for the 2016 Booker prize, this book is the literary equivalent of a ‘watercooler moment’. Where did I get this book: A present from my gorgeous friend Cath ![]()
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