![]() ![]() ![]() A deserving winner of the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year. But what sticks at the end is Franklin's shattering, heart-breaking depiction of loneliness. ![]() ![]() Franklin's prose is startlingly beautiful, the novel worth reading purely for his evocation of Mississippi. A beautifully crafted thriller that explores the nature of friendship and bigotry.įinancial Times - Books of the Year Guilt suffuses the pages of Mississippi author Tom Franklin's Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter as well. Metro -Books of the Year This award winning crime novel that invited comparisons with To Kill A Mockingbird tells the story of white and black boyhood friends in rural Mississippi, separated by an apparent crime that changes their lives. Franklin's powerfully imagined characters are captivating, and the sadness of the story indelibly stains your soul. In 2010 Franklin published his third novel entitled Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Gold Dagger Award. Superb dialogue, scuffed social realism and painterly description bring alive the Mississippi backwater where the tangled history between ostracised Larry Ott and popular police officer Silas Jones is exposed by the disappearance of a girl. Tom Franklin of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is radically different than Tom Franklin of Poachers or any of his other booksat least when it comes to the types of stories he tells. Tom Franklin's heart-tuggingly melancholic Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter was a standout slice of beautiful writing. ![]()
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