The blinds
(Large Print)
Author
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
ISBN
9781432846121, 1432846124
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Large Type | LARGE TYPE FICTION STERNBER | On Shelf |
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Wood Dale Public Library District - Adult Large Print Fiction | STE | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
525 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432846121, 1432846124
Notes
Description
Guilt, memory, and redemption swirl through this inventive science-fiction-based thriller from Edgar-finalist Sternbergh (Shovel Ready). In Caesura, an isolated Texas town that's part penal colony, part rehabilitation experiment, Sheriff Calvin Cooper keeps the peace in a community that mixes the most savage of criminals with the victims of horrible crimes. What allows the two groups to coexist is that all their memories have been selectively edited to erase their recollections of their respective crime experiences. The fragile calm shatters when first one, then two residents are shot dead in a place where guns don't officially exist. As the wider world intrudes, Cooper must handle new arrivals, work with the shadowy institute that has supplied the research and technology for memory editing, and defend his town against cynical outside forces that could burst the bubble that defines Cooper's world. It's a clever premise, but the many contrivances that support the plot don't hold up as the novel moves briskly toward its conclusion, whose twists are telegraphed a little too clearly to preserve the element of surprise.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sternbergh, A. (2018). The blinds (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sternbergh, Adam. 2018. The Blinds. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sternbergh, Adam. The Blinds Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sternbergh, Adam. The Blinds Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
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