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A Single Shot Matthew F. Jones

A Single Shot By Matthew F. Jones

A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones

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Summary

A gritty and compelling US noir in the vein of Cormac McCarthy, publishing for the first time in the UK as a Mulholland classic crime novel.

A Single Shot Summary

A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones

Mulholland Books presents... A SINGLE SHOT

Anyone's life can change in an instant. In Matthew F. Jones's acclaimed novel, one man's world is overturned with a single shot.

Trespassing on what was once his family's land, John Moon hears a rustle in the brush and fires. But instead of the deer he was expecting, he finds the body of a young woman, killed by his stray bullet. A terrible dilemma is made worse when he stumbles upon her campground - and the piles of drugs and money concealed there.

Moon makes his choice: he hides the corpse, and takes the cash. His decision will have consequences he can neither predict or control.

A Single Shot Reviews

Breathtakingly good...With a supreme sense of place and marvellously drawn characters, especially Moon, there's that sense of destiny and despair that haunts the finest noir, including, of course, James M Cain's majestic The Postman Always Rings Twice. The comparison is entirely apt. * Daily Mail *
A backwoods drama that is part Crime and Punishment, part Deliverance, and all white-knuckled suspense...it packs a helluva punch * People *
A harrowing literary thriller...a powerful blend of love and violence, of the grotesque and the tender. * New York Times Book Review *
A terrific novel...you can hardly breathe while you're reading this book....his crisis evokes every palm-sweating, heart-stopping, seemingly undoable mistake you've ever made * Los Angeles Times *
A harrowing, high-voltage thriller...A gritty, claustrophobic blend of Jim Thompson and James Dickey. * Publishers Weekly *
Jones owns a fine writer's eye for the kind of details that matter. * Washington Post *

About Matthew F. Jones

Matthew F. Jones is also the author of the critically acclaimed novels Boot Tracks, Deepwater, The Elements of Hitting, Blind Pursuit and The Cooter Farm, as well as a number of screenplays, including adaptations of A Single Shot and Boot Tracks, both which are being filmed in 2011. Deepwater was made into a film in 2005. He grew up in rural upstate New York and lives now in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Additional information

GOR003128786
9781444729436
1444729438
A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones
Matthew F. Jones
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
2011-09-15
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - A Single Shot