The Kills
08 May 2014
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013.
Shortlisted for the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2014.
Book of the Year in the Guardian, Spectator, Independent and Daily Mail.
The Kills is an epic novel of crime and conspiracy.
It starts with an explosion, a man on the run and the theft of over fifty million dollars. It moves from the Middle East to...
Details
08 May 2014
1056 pages
9781447261643
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
'Richard House's Man Booker-longlisted novel stands out from the pile . . . an ambitious and complex meta-thriller that spins its many stories like plates, tantalising you at every turn . . . a page turner . . . and a book absolutely to be read twice over.' Independent
'Richard House has written a damn good book . . .The Kills is possibly the most eyebrow-raising entry on this year's Booker longlist . . . he is not your average novelist, but is also a film-maker, artist and magazine editor . . . If this all seems hifalutin, rest assured: The Kills is still all about spinning a good yarn' Sunday Times, Culture
‘Prepare to be dazzled by this monumental novel . . . a true achievement. House’s sea of words relentlessly interrogates his themes through action and dialogue, leaving his reader washed up on a faraway shore, dazed yet exhilarated’ Sunday Times
One of the best novels about the collateral damage of the second U.S.-Iraq war, The Kills is also a tale of horror, fate, the arbitrariness of interpersonal connections, and the mysteries we can never solve. It's an underrated novel and a must for fans of 2666.Jeff VanderMeer, bestselling author of Annihilation