But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, "John Hawkes.. . makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love and love's defeat . . . ."
The Lime Twig
John Hawkes
$16.95
- SKU:
- 9780811200653
- UPC:
- 9780811200653
- Gift wrapping:
- Options available
- Published by:
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Pub date:
- 01/17/1961
- Binding type:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 192
- ISBN:
- 9780811200653