SALT
RIVER
JAMES SALLIS
‘Sallis writes crime novels that read
like literature’
– Los Angeles Times
‘Sallis is an unsung genius of
crime writing’
– Independent
‘James Sallis is a superb writer’
– Times
As Salt River begins, two years have passed
‘Sallis creates vivid images in very few
since Turner’s lover, Val Bjorn, was shot down words and his taut, pared down prose
as they sat together on the porch of his cabin.
is distinctive and powerful’
Turner, now in his 50s, ex-cop, ex-con, Vietnam
veteran, former therapist and now Sheriff in
– Sunday Telegraph
small town Cripple Creek, is trying to face a
‘Sallis is always about good writing.
truth head-on: ‘Sometimes you just have to
see how much music you can make with what
This little gem is a case in point.’
you have left.’ Then the sheriff’s long-lost son
– Kirkus Review
comes ploughing down Main Street into City
Hall in a stolen car. And waiting at Turner’s
‘sublime third novel to feature the
cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown. ‘They
philosophical John Turner’
think I killed someone,’ he says. Turner asks:
– one of Publishing Weekly’s
‘Did you?’ And Eldon responds: ‘I don’t know.’
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Turner goes in search of a truth he’s not sure
he can live with...
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James Sallis is a renowned poet, critic,
‘B’ Format (198 X 129mm) 160pp
essayist, editor, translator, musicologist,
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biographer and novelist, author of Cripple
(EXCL. CANADA)
Creek, Cypress Grove, Drive and a series of
ISBN: 978-1-84243-278-5
books set in New Orleans featuring private
detective Lew Griffin. He lives in Arizona
with his wife Karyn.
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