The Killing of Butterfly Joe

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Killing of Butterfly Joe
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rhidian Brook
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Crime and mystery
Classic crime
Espionage and spy thriller
ISBN/Barcode 9781509816446
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 8 March 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.' Twenty-four year-old Welshman Llew Jones is in jail. All he wanted was to see America and write about it. Then he met the extraordinary Butterfly Joe and his freakish family and got caught up in an adventure that got way, way out of control. Now his friend's gone and Llew has to give his side of the story . . . Part neo-gothic thriller, part existential road trip, part morality tale, The Killing of Butterfly Joe is a thrilling, funny and epic story of experience, desire, friendship and family. It's about leaving the life of introspection behind to participate in the Great American Dream: the one that takes you from 'rags to riches via pitches'. It's about the end of innocence and the dawn of consequence; the forces of revenge pitted against the powers of forgiveness; and, ultimately, the search for freedom and self-definition.

Author Biography

Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His first novel, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, won several prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including the Paris Review, New Statesman and Time Out, and have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He is also a regular contributor to 'Thought For The Day' on the Today programme. His 2013 novel, The Aftermath, was translated into more than twenty languages and has been made into a movie, staring Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgard, and produced by Ridley Scott.