Those We Thought We Knew : The new literary crime thriller from the prizewinning master of American noir fiction

From award-winning writer David Joy comes a searing new novel about the cracks that form in a small North Carolina community and the evils that unfurl from its centre. Toya Gardner, a young Black artist from Atlanta, has returned to her ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains to trace her family history and complete her graduate thesis. But when she encounters a still-standing Confederate monument in the heart of town, she sets her sights on something bigger. Meanwhile, local deputies find a man sleeping in the back of a station wagon and believe him to be nothing more than some slack-jawed drifter. Yet a search of the man's vehicle reveals that he is a high-ranking member of the Klan, and the uncovering of a notebook filled with local names threatens to turn the mountain on end. After two horrific crimes split the county apart, every soul must wrestle with deep and unspoken secrets that stretch back for generations. Those We Thought We Knew is an urgent unraveling of the dark underbelly of a community. Richly drawn and bracingly honest, it asks what happens when the people you've always known turn out to be monsters, what do you do when everything you ever believed crumbles away?Author: Joy, David,author
Contributors: Joy, David,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 400
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Published/Release Date: 6 Jun 2024
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Headline Publishing Group
Author/Director/Artist: David Joy
Dimension (cm): 198x128x30 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 29x198x128 mm
Item Weight (g): 282
Package Weight (g): 285