Mr. Peanut (Vintage Contemporaries)

Mr. Peanut (Vintage Contemporaries)

A New York Times Noteable Book

Mesmerizing, exhilarating, and profoundly moving,Â Mr. PeanutÂ is a police procedural of the soul, a poignant investigation of the relentlessly mysterious human heart.

David Pepin has been in love with his wife, Alice, since the moment they met in a university seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. After thirteen years of marriage, he still canâ€™t imagine a remotely happy life without herâ€”yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she is dead, and David is both deeply distraught and the prime suspect.

The detectives investigating Aliceâ€™s suspicious death have plenty of personal experience with conjugal enigmas: Ward Hastroll is happily married until his wife inexplicably becomes voluntarily and militantly bedridden; and Sam Sheppard is especially sensitive to the intricacies of marital guilt and innocence, having decades before been convicted and then exonerated of the brutal murder of his wife. Like the Escher drawings that inspire the computer games David designs for a living, these complex, interlocking dramas are structurally and emotionally intense, subtle, and intriguing; they brilliantly explore the warring impulses of affection and hatred, and pose a host of arresting questions. Is it possible to know anyone fully, completely? Are murder and marriage two sides of the same coin, each endlessly recycling into the other? And what, in the end, is the truth about love?
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 307454908
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2011-04-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307454904

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	307454908
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2011-04-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307454904

Mr. Peanut (Vintage Contemporaries)

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