Pete Dexter

Left an orphan when the car his father, a powerful Philly union boss, is driving careens out of control, Peter Flood tries to distance himself from the family business while his cousin, Michael, enters the world of crime. Reprint. NYT.

Il cuore nero di Paris Trout è un romanzo dello scrittore statunitense Pete Dexter che, come dice in una sua critica lo scrittore William Styron, "viene da un autore che ha saputo catturare l'essenza dell'America profonda con una fedeltà ai dettagli e un orecchio per i dialoghi che non si vedeva dalle opere di …

Warren Spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctor's office in Milledgeville, Georgia, on the first Saturday of December, 1956. His father died shortly afterward, long before Spooner had even a memory of his face, and was replaced eventually by a once-brilliant young naval …