Death And The Language Of Happiness - Softcover
In plumbing the connection between the murder of a young woman found in a motel bathtub and the death of a man eighty years before, the eccentric Alaskan native, Cecil Younger, must confront the ghosts of the past. By the author of The Music of What Happens.
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Review:
What makes this latest Alaskan mystery a must is--as always--the sheer beauty and energy of John Straley's writing. "His right hand engulfed mine in a leathery grip and I held onto it for longer than might have been called for," says detective Cecil Younger of a meeting with an ancient bearer of secrets about old and new murders. "It wasn't until after my grip tightened on his that I felt the quaver of his body his left hand betrayed. I saw in his blue eyes the distant haze of ice, the toehold of confusion and uncertainty. William Flynn was a very old man in a durable body. His soul was a weary traveler. Looking at him I began to feel uncomfortable, as if I were walking over a canyon on a narrow railroad bridge hearing a train whistle far down the line." Available in paperback are Straley's other wonderful books about Younger, The Curious Eat Themselves, The Music of What Happens, and The Woman Who Married a Bear.
About the Author:
John Straley lives in Alaska with his small son and his wife, a marine biologist who studies whales.
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- PublisherOrion
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0575603054
- ISBN 13 9780575603059
- BindingPaperback
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