When the guilt eats you

With his first novel "The good life," Mathew Stokoe had produced a terrific book, completely dehumanized, dune extreme physical and psychological violence. "Empty Mile" marks a complete break. Urban demonic fury of a Los Angeles, we go to apparent calm of a small village in rural California. One such medium cities nestled on the course of the conquest of the west and especially here, that of gold.

Where it puts feet behind after eight years in London, Johnny is a man steeped remorse. Remorse to have left his younger brother, Stan, unattended to go engage in merry country with Marla, yet the girlfriend of the friend who had saved his life some time ago. Remorse to have seen Stan drown half the brain too long private doxygène. Since, this is a man-child who survives, hiding his anguish behind grotesque superhero outfits, reloading his vital energy sniffing butterflies all day long. Marla remorse to have dropped, without explanation, because he could not stand to have Stan makes this being bizarre and ridiculous. Remorse navoir given no news to a father who raised them alone for the early death of their mother.

But Johnny seems decide to store and soccuper Stan to repair her faults. But we well know, life is rarely filing plans quon sen was done.

Overnight, the father of Johnny disappears without a trace but took great care to pass the act ownership of the land and that it has shed erected over dacquérir Johnny enjoining him never sen separate. Here Johnny owner of a lost corner Empty Mile, and whose motivation by purchasing his father remains a mystery.

Also, Johnny he began a long investigation to understand the gesture of his father. A survey lemmènera the footsteps of gold and researchers will in his way all that the resort has rotten, perverse, twisted. An investigation that will lay bare the feelings and will force the weakest, most fragile to block to resist all those who, for one reason or another, in a spirit of pure revenge, absolute perversion and greed have decided to make them drool.

After a first part presquanodine calm as the waters of a lake before the storm, Mathew Stokoe shows once again that it will now count on him as one of the great series of black literature.

The twists senchaînent, sempilent the dead, the most abject instincts grow to commit acts where everything is designed to psychologically destroy the other, definitely. The more pages scroll over the trap tightens, more tension becomes intolerable and lissue unattainable. This is a sacred page turner recommended to any fan of the genre!

Published by Editions Gallimard Black Series 2014 420 pages

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