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Product Identifiers
PublisherTitan Books The Limited
ISBN-100857681192
ISBN-139780857681195
eBay Product ID (ePID)99640909
Product Key Features
Book TitleSiege of Trencher's Farm-Straw Dogs
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicThrillers / Psychological, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Media Tie-In
GenreFiction
AuthorGordon Williams
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-456524
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Williams' sparse, almost Spartan prose is littered with a handful of really great turns of the phrase and a strong sense of narrative timing that keeps you turning page after page. Far from your standard potboiler, THE SIEGE OF TRENCHER'S FARM is a classic of the genre and a perfect example of how to take a simple, violent encounter and stretch it for well over a hundred pages without ever feeling like it is simply spinning its wheels." - Ain't It Cool, "Williams' sparse, almost Spartan prose is littered with a handful of really great turns of the phrase and a strong sense of narrative timing that keeps you turning page after page. Far from your standard potboiler, THE SIEGE OF TRENCHER'S FARM is a classic of the genre and a perfect example of how to take a simple, violent encounter and stretch it for well over a hundred pages without ever feeling like it is simply spinning its wheels." - Ain't It Cool "Williams' carefully measured and page-turning plotting, and finely tuned attention to the undercurrents of this story, keep things compelling." - The Playlist "A prime example of modern storytelling infusing noir and other genres into an original concoction of fiction, The Siege of Trencher's Farm doesn't waste any time delivering a wise and well thought-out message." - Review Fix
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisThe original novel on which Sam Peckinpah's controversial movie Straw Dogs was based, and the inspiration behind a brand-new movie by Rod Lurie, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth - due for release in September 2011. American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish writing his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of violent events that threaten his very survival and that of his family., The original novel on which Sam Peckinpah's controversial movie Straw Dogs was based, and the inspiration behind a brand-new movie by Rod Lurie, starring Alexander Skarsg rd and Kate Bosworth - due for release in September 2011. American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish writing his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of violent events that threaten his very survival and that of his family.
LC Classification NumberPR6073.I426S56 2011
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- 24. Okt. 2016
Better Than The Peckinpah Version
This book is not like its adaptation. There is no rape. There is no paedophobic self-projection. There is characterization. There is build-up, which Sam Peckinpah clearly doesn't like. There is tension. The couple even have a daughter. The morality is actually black and gray here. All this is worth something and makes this book worth reading.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
