**An action-filled coming of age novel about love, vengeance, corruption, and justice by the acclaimed author of _Six Days of the Condor._ ** "Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel _1984_ , sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row.'"--**
The Smoke in Our Eyes
β Scribed by James Grady
- Book ID
- 112297940
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781639365999
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β¦ Synopsis
An action-filled coming of age novel about love, vengeance, corruption, and justice by the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor.****
"Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel 1984 , sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row.'"βPatrick Anderson , The Washington Post
"Grady is a master of intrigue."βJohn Grisham
Set in 1959, the "year the music died," The Smoke in Our Eyes is a cinematic, clock-ticking saga set in a small Montana town. When a fatal car accident shatters ten-year-old Lucas's world, he finds himself confronting crime and vengeance, humor and heroism, all against the backdrop of growing up.
Alongside the tightly written drama of Lucas and his family, Grady, author of the classic "Condor" series, evokes a heady mood and sense of place. From the Space Race and the first warnings of global climate change, to the brutal racism of...
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