Offenses
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Engelsk
''Debré''s voice is Camusian, comic, stark, relentless and totally hypnotic'' Rachel KushnerIs a criminal born or made? What turns them towards violence?A young man stabs an elderly woman ten times fo...
Forlagsbeskrivelse af Offenses af Constance Debré
''Debré''s voice is Camusian, comic, stark, relentless and totally hypnotic'' Rachel KushnerIs a criminal born or made? What turns them towards violence?A young man stabs an elderly woman ten times for the sake of a ?450 debt. But why would he commit such a brutal murder over a petty sum, when he has a girlfriend and a child at home? How much could he lose when there is already so little to start with? Centring on a perpetrator and a victim who remain nameless - who are nobodies but could be anybody - Offenses unfolds as a contemporary parable exploring the biases and barriers built into the legal system. Blending expertise in criminal law with her signature knife-edge prose, Constance Debré probes the intricacies of crime, punishment and accountability in this propulsive tale. ''Debré''s voice is Camusian, comic, stark, relentless and totally hypnotic'' Rachel KushnerIs a criminal born or made? What turns them towards violence?A young man stabs an elderly woman ten times for the sake of a ?450 debt. But why would he commit such a brutal murder over a petty sum, when he has a girlfriend and a child at home? How much could he lose when there is already so little to start with? Centring on a perpetrator and a victim who remain nameless - who are nobodies but could be anybody - Offenses unfolds as a contemporary parable exploring the biases and barriers built into the legal system. Blending expertise in criminal law with her signature knife-edge prose, Constance Debré probes the intricacies of crime, punishment and accountability in this propulsive tale.
Detaljer
Forlag
Tuskar Rock
ISBN
9781805221081
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
96
Udgivelsesdato
16-04-2026
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3423554
EAN nr.
9781805221081
Varegruppe
Fiction
Bredde (mm)
129
Længde (mm)
198