A Crime In The Neighborhood
Suzanne Berne
Editions
| Cover |
Publisher |
ISBN Number |
Price |
Buy |
| pbk |
Penguin |
0140273328 |
£6.99 |
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Review
This is by no means a conventional crime story; in many ways, it is a coming of age novel - set against a very sombre backdrop. The narrator, Marsha, remembers the summer of 1972 in suburban Washington - a time when her parents' marriage fell apart, Watergate made the headlines for the first time and a small boy from the neighbourhood was brutally murdered…
The prevailing atmosphere is deeply sinister, and the author succeeds in bringing to life the events as seen by a young - and emotionally troubled - girl. An exceptionally assured first novel. - review by Dan Fenton