The Mountain
The Breathtaking Italian Bestseller
Published on 14. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-85705-692-4 (ISBN)
Description
A CURSED PLACE. A COLD CASE. A KILLER WHO LEFT NO TRACE.
The huge International bestseller.
Gripping, unputdownable and packed with twists, The Mountain is a thriller that you will never forget.
"Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica.
Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now the depression and the nightmares are closing in. Only his daughter Clara can put a smile on his face.
But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus. In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found.
Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains, where his wife was born, harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane.
Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis
The huge International bestseller.
Gripping, unputdownable and packed with twists, The Mountain is a thriller that you will never forget.
"Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica.
Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now the depression and the nightmares are closing in. Only his daughter Clara can put a smile on his face.
But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus. In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found.
Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains, where his wife was born, harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane.
Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis
Reviews / Votes
A canyon in the Italian Dolomites, beautiful yet sinister, provides a stunning setting for Luca D'Andrea's first thriller . . . D'Andrea piles on the action at the atmosphere with the panache of a seasoned writer. -- Marcel Berlins * The Times. * Smart, stylish and extremely scary. * Sunday Mirror. * Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. -- Massimo Vincenz * La Repubblica. * D'Andrea is a real master. -- Sergio Pent * La Stampa. * An entertaining read with a wide cast of possible suspects, not all of them human. The book's twists and turns continue right until the end. * Western Mail. * A perfectly constructed thriller . . . Draws the reader right in. * Bayerischer Rundfunk TV "Capriccio" * A brilliant, enthralling debut. * Stern. * An unbelievably nail-biting thriller. * Alpin - Das BergMagazin. * Sentences like lightning bolts, twists like avalanches: a spectacular thriller. * Playboy. * An electrifying debut in the new wave of Italian thriller writing. D'Andrea's a name to add to your Eurocrime list. -- David Hewson, author of the Nic Costa novels and The Killing A first-rate thriller. * ZDF Morgenmagazin. * Scenic, pacy, rock hard, with seriously disturbing moments, this a clever, complex thrilling and thoroughly brilliant tale. * Sunday Sport. * The Mountain is a rich, disturbing and multi-layered thriller, the kind you can very easily lose yourself in, just as I did. Just wrap up warm - this is a thriller that chills. * For Winter Nights * D'Andrea's superb debut thriller mines the darkness that hides beneath the surface of Siebenhoch, a beautiful, remote Italian village . . . A genuinely unexpected denouement hits like a freight train, perfectly bringing together all the pieces of a macabre, utterly riveting puzzle. * Publishers Weekly. * The novel contains some fantastic writing and a twist you will NOT see coming! I was genuinely amazed at how much this seemingly cold case, gripped me. * Anne Bonny Book Reviews * D'Andrea's story sweeps away the reader in an avalanche of life-threatening revelations that make The Mountain a complete success as a debut thriller. * New York Journal of Books. *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85705-692-4 (9780857056924)
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E-Book
06/2017
1st Edition
MacLehose Press
€3.99
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Persons
Luca D'Andrea was born in 1979 Bolzano, Italy, where he worked as a teacher for ten years. The Mountain, the most talked-about and fastest-selling book at London Book Fair 2016, was sold in more than 30 countries before it was first published in Italy.