The devil's footprints [electronic resource] : a novel / John Burnside.
Michael Gardiner has lived in Coldhaven all his life yet still feels like an outsider. Married but rather distant from his wife, he reads in the local paper that a school friend, Moira Birnie, has killed herself and her two sons by setting their car on fire; but she has spared her fourteen-year-old daughter, Hazel. Michael uneasily recalls his past connections to Moira. As teenagers, Michael and Moira had a brief romance, yet more troubling to Michael is the fact that he was responsible for the death of Moira's brother, the town bully. In the wake of the tragedy, Michael becomes obsessed with Hazel, who is just old enough to be his daughter.
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- ISBN: 9780385525558 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 0385525559 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9780385525558 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 0385525559 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- Physical Description: 224 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S. of America.
- Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2007.
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Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Doubleday Pub., 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 967 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 296 KB). |
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Subject: | Devil > Fiction. Scotland > Fiction. Suicide victims > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Suspense fiction. Electronic books. |