An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone
Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist white townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till.
The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried. In this bold, provocative book, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence. The Trees is an enormously powerful novel of lasting importance from an author with his finger on America's pulse.
© 2022 Tantor Audio (Lydbog): 9781666195347
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An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of Telephone
Percival Everett's The Trees is a must-listen that opens with a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, Mississippi. When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist white townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till.
The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but soon discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. Something truly strange is afoot. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives seek answers from a local root doctor who has been documenting every lynching in the country for years, uncovering a history that refuses to be buried. In this bold, provocative book, Everett takes direct aim at racism and police violence. The Trees is an enormously powerful novel of lasting importance from an author with his finger on America's pulse.
© 2022 Tantor Audio (Lydbog): 9781666195347
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Lydbog: 15. marts 2022
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Jane
16. apr. 2023
Gik i gang med bogen med store forventninger men blev lidt skuffet. De samme (skræmmende) begivenheder gentog sig gennem hele bogen, blot eskalerede de. Persongalleriet af hvide mennesker var superkarikerede og blev fremstillet som dumme og uoplyste. En meget sort/hvid fremstilling hvis man må kalde det sådan.
P
3. aug. 2022
En meget original bog, der fyldt med humor giver et sørgeligt indblik i racisme. Men man skal være klar til en meget anderledes bog inden man går i gang med denne.
Morten
22. apr. 2024
Funny, cruel and well written
Mia
1. nov. 2022
Cool måde at skrive om smertefuldt kapitel i USAs historie
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