URBAN WAITE |
A fiction debut that would be a highlight anywhere, but has particular resonance here is that made by Seattle writer Urban Waite with his taut, harrowing literary thriller, The Terror of Living (Little, Brown). A bungled drug delivery on the Washington-B.C. border leads to suspense and mayhem up and down the region. "After a drug drop goes awry, ex-cons, drug lords, a psychopath and law officers play seek and maim in the Pacific Northwest in this debut thriller ... The pursuits that follow are complicated and play out in a sharply written, swiftly paced scenes. But as the book's prose ... and its violence ... in a stark Cormac McCarthy landscape—suggest, Waite aims for more than a straightforward thriller ... the meticulously calibrated prose, rushing narrative and sympathetic protagonists mark Waite as a rewarding, promising writer." - Kirkus Reviews. "A hell of a good novel, relentlessly paced and beautifully narrated. There's just no let up. An auspicious debut." – Stephen King.
- Street:
- The Elliott Bay Book Company
- Additional:
- 1521 Tenth Avenue
- City:
- Seattle ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98122
- Country:
- United States
