An aging screenwriter, not exactly washed up because he was always an also-ran, tries to restart his foundering career by going to a remote English farmhouse; but instead almost instantly fall into a dangerous infatuation with a farmer's wife in Russell Hill's Robbie's Wife.
Robbie's Wife is a mature noir with a classic unreliable narrator. It is part of the very notable Hard Case Crime series, which releases lost classics alongside contemporary counterparts. This is a great addition to the series, a very strong modern entry that stands alongside some of my favorites, including Scott Smith's A Simple Plan and Robert Ward's Four Kinds of Rain, books that would bring a smile to Jim Thompson's face.
Hill's book also reads as a solid literary piece, with a lot of sharp writing and an interesting subplot about the Mad Cow Disease issue in England. Recommended for any readers.
I nabbed this off of www.paperbackswap.com and read it steadily.
Robbie's Wife is a mature noir with a classic unreliable narrator. It is part of the very notable Hard Case Crime series, which releases lost classics alongside contemporary counterparts. This is a great addition to the series, a very strong modern entry that stands alongside some of my favorites, including Scott Smith's A Simple Plan and Robert Ward's Four Kinds of Rain, books that would bring a smile to Jim Thompson's face.
Hill's book also reads as a solid literary piece, with a lot of sharp writing and an interesting subplot about the Mad Cow Disease issue in England. Recommended for any readers.
I nabbed this off of www.paperbackswap.com and read it steadily.
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