pruemansfield56 's review for:

The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

5.0

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This book was as good as everyone says. I especially liked that the characters were more compelling than the crime; and the tiny phrases that conjured an image in so few words. "liquorice black poodles". (although I did think that was an unlikely choice of breed for such a man, not ameliorated because the author had one. The only other jarring moment was when he said they 'defecated' whereas his language was much more vernacular'.)
A morality tale for the ages.