Hawthorn and Child are not father and son, but two police detectives. Child is cool, good-looking, black, married, the sensible, no-bullshit member of the duo; Hawthorn is neurotic, gay, and prey to bad dreams and fits of weeping.
Schlagwort-Archive: Keith Ridgway
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A bizarre, engaging take on the detective novel elevates the mystery of human connections above the solving of crime. The real subject of the novel, perhaps, is how mysterious we are to one another.