Semiautomatic - Softcover

Reuland, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0224061550 ISBN 13: 9780224061551

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2004

Synopsis

Rob Reuland's first novel, Hollowpoint, was described by the Guardian as 'a blackly comic tale of a lawyer on a redemptive mission in the bleak Brooklyn projects. Reuland guides us through the cynical courtrooms and mean streets with assurance, cruel wit and pathos.'

Semiautomatic features the same lawyer, Andrew Giobberti. Having resolved an explosive case in a controversial manner, Giobberti was exiled from the high-powered DA's Homicide Bureau to the dusty decay of the Appeals Bureau. But now the powers that be want this brilliant, difficult prosecutor back in the courtroom. They're counting on Giobberti's courtroom brilliance to ensure a guilty verdict for murder suspect Haskin Pool. It seems a straightforward enough case - a bodega robbery gone bad, leaving a well-loved grocer in a pool of his own blood. The press has poured a lot of ink on the story, pressuring local pols to get a killer behind bars.

What people want and what they get may be two different things - for Giobberti has a habit of uncovering nothing but the whole truth. It doesn't take long for him to realize this case stinks. There's a conspiracy to convict that reaches well up the political hierarchy and it's fully expected that Giobberti will play a key role in this seamy drama.

About this title

Review:

"Claustrophobic, but in the best sort of way" (Guardian)

"A daring writer...too quick and smart to toy with civilising subtleties" (New York Times Book Review)

"Smart and sophisticated...Terrific! More!" (Uncut)

From the Publisher:

A brilliant literary thriller in the style of Scott Turow

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0224061550
• ISBN 13: 9780224061551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256