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Slough House by Mick Herron (2021, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSOHO Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101641292369
ISBN-139781641292368
eBay Product ID (ePID)20050091727
Product Key Features
Book TitleSlough House
Number of Pages312 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicThrillers / Espionage, Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
GenreFiction
AuthorMick Herron
Book SeriesSlough House Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-040481
ReviewsPraise for Slough House "This is a darker, scarier Herron. The gags are still there but the satire''s more biting. The privatization of a secret service op and the manipulation of news is relevant and horribly credible." --Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope series "Mick Herron is one of the finest writers of his generation." --Steve Cavanagh, author of the Eddie Flynn novels "Combining some of the cleverest dialogue in the genre with unexpected bursts of violence, Herron brings to the spy novel--not known in the post-Bond era for its sense of humor--an Elmore Leonard-like ability to make us laugh and cry almost simultaneously." --Bill Ott, Booklist , Starred Review "Once again, Herron captures the dramedy of the battle between spies and bureaucrats better than anyone else on either side." -- Kirkus Reviews "Revenge, betrayal, and gallows humor abound in Slough House, the seventh installment of Mick Herron''s ripping good series of spy novels. This time out, MI5''s disgraced spies are being hunted by Russian assassins and there''s no one they can trust to help them. Herron''s deft plotting and taut writing make his books the best spy thrillers being published today. Make room on your shelf beside LeCarre and Deighton. His books are fantastic, and Slough House is no exception." --David Enyeart, Next Chapter Booksellers (St. Paul, MN) Praise for Joe Country The Guardian Best Crime Novels of 2019 The Spectator Best Books of 2019 "Suspense, spycraft, dry wit and vulgar humor are all well-deployed in this satisfying work by Mr. Herron, whose style can accommodate everything from a tough action scene to a lyrical elegy." --Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "Herron writes squeakingly well-plotted spy thrillers. More than that, he composes--at the rate of a pulpist--the kind of efficient, darkly witty, tipped-with-imagery sentences that feel purpose-built to perforate my private daze of illiteracy. More than that , he''s a world-bringer, the creator of a still-growing fictional universe with its own gravity, lingo, and surface tension." --The Atlantic "Herron blends character, place and espionage into a riveting melange that I''ve only encountered in the best of John le Carré or Len Deighton . . . Read one and you''re hooked for the whole series." --The Globe and Mail "Herron''s morbidly witty backdrop hosts incisive storytelling with a rich mix of engaging characters." --Financial Times Praise for the Slough House novels "Terrific spy novel . . . Sublime dialogue, frictionless plotting." --Ian Rankin "[Herron] really is funny and his cynicism is belied, here and there, by flashes of the mingled tenderness and anger that seem to define Britain''s post-Brexit self-reflections." --Charles Finch, USA Today "Scathingly funny." --Newsweek "Irony and black humor abound." --Newsday "[Herron is the] le Carré of the future . . . The characters are brilliant." --Patrick Neale on BBC''s The Oxford Book Club "Heroic struggles, less-heroic failures and a shoot-out-cum-heist . . . with no let-up in the page turning throughout." -- Esquire "Slough House, in this winning series, is where incompetent or disgraced British spies spend their days on meaningless busywork. That is, unless they stumble into genuine espionage. Herron is a subtle stylist, and he strikes a perfect balance of big-hearted humor and thrilling spy stuff." --The Seattle Times "Hilarious and suspenseful . . . Sharper than most espionage fiction being written today and manages to stay uncannily contemporary." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Praise for London Rules Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger & Ian Fleming Steel Dagger An Evening Standard Best Crime Novel of the Year A Daily Mail Best Book of the Year An Irish Times Best Book of the Year One of the Times (UK) 100 Best Crime Titles Since 1945 "Mick Herron is the John le Carré of our generation." --Val McDermid "Herron cleverly spins the templates of the spy thriller, and his style can bite with the wit of an Evelyn Waugh or Kingsley Amis." -- The Wall Street Journal "[Herron] really is funny and his cynicism is belied, here and there, by flashes of the mingled tenderness and anger that seem to define Britain's post-Brexit self-reflections." --Charles Finch, USA Today "Scathingly funny." --Newsweek
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number7
Dewey Decimal823.92
SynopsisIn his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, "the le Carré of the future" (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global finance, spycraft, and politics that power our modern world. "This is a darker, scarier Herron. The gags are still there but the satire's more biting. The privatization of a secret service op and the manipulation of news is relevant and horribly credible."--Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope series At Slough House--MI5's London depository for demoted spies--Brexit has taken a toll. The "slow horses" have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House has been erased from official records, and its members are dying in unusual circumstances, at an unusual clip. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets? With a new populist movement taking hold of London's streets and the old order ensuring that everything's for sale to the highest bidder, the world's a dangerous place for those deemed surplus. Jackson Lamb and the slow horses are in a fight for their lives as they navigate dizzying layers of lies, power, and death., In his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, "the le Carr of the future" (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global finance, spycraft, and politics that power our modern world. "This is a darker, scarier Herron. The gags are still there but the satire's more biting. The privatization of a secret service op and the manipulation of news is relevant and horribly credible."--Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope series At Slough House--MI5's London depository for demoted spies--Brexit has taken a toll. The "slow horses" have been pushed further into the cold, Slough House has been erased from official records, and its members are dying in unusual circumstances, at an unusual clip. No wonder Jackson Lamb's crew is feeling paranoid. But are they actually targets? With a new populist movement taking hold of London's streets and the old order ensuring that everything's for sale to the highest bidder, the world's a dangerous place for those deemed surplus. Jackson Lamb and the slow horses are in a fight for their lives as they navigate dizzying layers of lies, power, and death.
LC Classification NumberPR6108.E77S565 2021
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