Security
Will be published approx. on 1. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84354-903-1 (ISBN)
Description
Everything is neat and peaceful in Stoneleigh. Bad things don't often happen, and when they do, the residents trust the forces of law and order to deal with them efficiently and with minimum fuss. But appearances can be misleading. It takes just one crime - a disturbing allegation of sexual assault - to blast through the veneer of mutual trust, to expose a hotbed of suspicion and paranoia. Suddenly politicians, businessmen, mothers, students and gossips all seem to care less about the truth, than they do about the illusion of personal and public security.
Security is a tense, penetrating and brilliantly observed novel about actual and imagined safety - about public and private life today.
Security is a tense, penetrating and brilliantly observed novel about actual and imagined safety - about public and private life today.
Reviews / Votes
"'Amidon is the master of low-key but riveting suspense... Excellent entertainment.' Daily Mail 'An unpretentiously skilful novel about the current state of the American psyche.' Sunday Times 'Must Reads' 'Brilliant... Security will draw inevitable comparisons with Franzen, Chabon, DeLillo and other post-Updike American miserabilists. Yet Amidon is a more modest stylist and a better storyteller, nearer in spirit to Raymond Carver... Superbly crafted.' New Statesman 'Cancel the weekend and go into lockdown with Security, a twisty novel by Stephen Amidon.' Marie Claire 'A tightly plotted, utterly gripping novel... Amidon brilliantly evokes the claustrophobia and conformity of an inward-looking community.' Literary Review"More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84354-903-1 (9781843549031)
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Stephen Amidon's previous books include Human Capital, The New City, and Subdivision. He lives in western Massachussetts.