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Crooked letter, crooked letter, Tom Franklin

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" ... set in rural Mississippi. In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. The incident shook the county-and perhaps Silas most of all. His friendship with Larry was broken, and then Silas left town. More than twenty years have passed. Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has returned as a constable. He and Larry have no reason to cross paths until another girl disappears and Larry is blamed again. And now the two men who once called each other friend are forced to confront the past they've buried and ignored for decades"--Publisher description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
274 pages
Contents
  • Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger
  • Best Novel 2011
Isbn
9780060594664
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Crooked letter, crooked letter
Title
Crooked letter, crooked letter
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Tom Franklin
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Language
eng
Summary
" ... set in rural Mississippi. In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. The incident shook the county-and perhaps Silas most of all. His friendship with Larry was broken, and then Silas left town. More than twenty years have passed. Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has returned as a constable. He and Larry have no reason to cross paths until another girl disappears and Larry is blamed again. And now the two men who once called each other friend are forced to confront the past they've buried and ignored for decades"--Publisher description
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Award
  • ALA Notable Book, 2011.
  • Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year, 2011.
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery or Thriller, 2010.
  • Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010.
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366286
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Franklin, Tom
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
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True
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Southern Literature Collection
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  • Male friendship
  • City and town life
  • Psychological fiction
  • Male friendship
  • City and town life
  • Psychological fiction
  • Mississippi
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Crooked letter, crooked letter, Tom Franklin
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger -- Best Novel 2011
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
274 pages
Isbn
9780060594664
Lccn
2010005423
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)526084227
  • 820901
Label
Crooked letter, crooked letter, Tom Franklin
Link
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger -- Best Novel 2011
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
274 pages
Isbn
9780060594664
Lccn
2010005423
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)526084227
  • 820901

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