Caught
by Lisa Moore
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Pub Date Apr 03 2014 | Archive Date Feb 17 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
Slaney lay there, flat on his back, chest hammering, looking at the stars. It was as far as he had been from the Springfield penitentiary since the doors of that institution admitted him four years before. It was not far enough. He heaved himself off the ground and started running.
It’s June 1978 and David Slaney can be sure of only one thing. He can’t get caught. Not this time. He’s escaped from prison, needs to make good on the drug heist that went wrong, win back the woman he loves and buy himself a new life. First, though, he must travel across a vast country of watchful eyes, booby traps and friends who could be foes – he can’t trust anyone, it turns out. And then on to Columbia, where the real test begins.
With bravado and the exuberant folly of youth, Slaney embarks on a road trip that will take him from the seedy motels of Nova Scotia to a beach party in Columbia, navigating bad weather and a ferocious storm at sea, undercover cops and gun-toting drug barons. In elegant, forensic prose and a fierce, dry humour, Lisa Moore tightens the net around Slaney in a suspenseful and compulsive adventure story.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition - available for readers in the UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) only.
Advance Praise
In
the creation of David Slaney, Lisa Moore brings us an unforgettable
character, embodying the exuberance and energy of misspent youth. Caught is a propulsive and harrowing read.
Precise, compressed, intimately rhythmic, mesmerizingly smart - Globe and Mail
Caught
is a literary adventure story, which is to say it is both action-packed
while being an investigation into character and motive. An
outstanding novel, combining the complexity of the best literary fiction
with the page-turning compulsive readability of a thriller. - National Post
As trippy, mellow, and revelatory as Hearn’s weed, Caught takes pleasure from rewriting crime formulas and gives pleasure in doing so. - The Vancouver Sun
This
is an author who grips you with her impeccable use of language. The
novel walks a great line between paperback levity and psychological
intelligence. - Macleans
Marketing Plan
Shortlisted for the Giller Prize, Canada's biggest literary prize
Cinematic settings and sympathetic hero:
a suspenseful adventure story of bravado and betrayal -- based on true
events -- about an audacious drug smuggling adventure gone sour
Award-winning literary writer: February was longlisted for the Booker Prize, won the Canada Reads 2013 (huge national prize voted by readers), was a New Yorker Best Book of the year; Alligator won the Commonwealth Prize, was a finalist for the Giller Prize and was longlisted for the Orange Prize and the IMPAC Prize
Praise from Patrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers: In David Slaney, Lisa Moore brings us an unforgettable character, embodying the exuberance and energy of misspent youth. Caught is a propulsive and harrowing read.
Perfect for fans of Ann Patchett and Barbara Kingsolver
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448182794 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
