Case Histories

(Jackson Brodie) (Jackson Brodie)

Jackson Brodie #1
Cover Art for 9780552153102, Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
ISBN: 9780552153102
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 5 August, 2008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Links Australian Libraries (Trove)
Editions:
20 other editions of this product

'Investigating Other People S Tragedies And Cock-Ups And Misfortunes Was All He Knew. He Was Used To Being A Voyeur, The Outsider Looking In, And Nothing, But Nothing, That Anyone Did Surprised Him Any More. Yet Despite Everything He D Seen And Done, Inside Jackson There Remained A Belief A Small, Battered And Bruised Belief That His Job Was To Help People Be Good Rather Than Punish Them For Being Bad.'Cambridge Is Sweltering, During An Unusually Hot Summer. To Jackson Brodie, Former Police Inspector Turned Private Investigator, The World Consists Of One Accounting Sheet Lost On The Left, Found On The Right And The Two Never Seem To Balance. Jackson Has Never Felt At Home In Cambridge, And Has A Failed Marriage To Prove It. He Is Forty-Five But Feels Much, Much Older. He Is At That Dangerous Age When Men Suddenly Notice That They Re Going To Die Eventually, Inevitably, And There Isn T A Damn Thing They Can Do About It. Surrounded By Death, Intrigue And Misfortune, His Own Life Is Brought Sharply Into Focus.Ingeniously Plotted, Full Of Suspense And Heartbreak,&Nbsp;Case Histories&Nbsp;Is A Feat Of Bravura Storytelling That Conveys The Mysteries Of Life, Its Inanities And Its Hilarities. It Is A Life-Affirming Work Of Profound Insight And Intelligence.

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