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The glister a novel

Leonard, The Glister's fifteen-year-old narrator, lives in the decaying coastal community of Innertown. Every year or so, a boy from Leonard's school disappears, vanishing into the wasteland of the old chemical plant. Nobody knows where these boys go or whether they are alive or dead, and without evidence to the contrary, the authorities claim they are simply runaways.

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  • "Der neue Burnside - einzigartig, verstörend poetisch. Nach Glister sieht man die Welt mit anderen Augen. John Burnside hat gleich mit seinem ersten auf Deutsch erschienenen Roman Leser und Kritiker fasziniert. Jetzt kommt Glister - ein schockierend ehrliches Buch über Vereinsamung und moralische Verwahrlosung. Erst verschwindet ein Junge spurlos, dann weitere. Doch niemand scheint beunruhigt. Schon lange kümmern sich die Erwachsenen nicht mehr um ihre Kinder, zu sehr sind sie mit sich und ihren Sorgen beschäftigt. Einst lebten sie in einer blühenden Stadt - doch dann siegten Egoismus und grenzenlose Gier. Nun ist alles vergiftet und ohne Hoffnung. Ist es da nicht verständlich, dass die Jungen, die noch eine Zukunft sehen, einfach abhauen? Man will diese Version glauben und geht zur Tagesordnung über. Nur der Polizist Morrison hat etwas Schreckliches gesehen - und schweigt. Denn er hat seine Seele längst verkauft. Doch die Kinder der Stadt sind ruhelos. Der 15-jährige Leonard weigert sich, seinen verschwundenen Freund Liam verloren zu geben. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit. Burnside gelingt mit Glister etwas Unvergleichliches: Indem er eine vor Spannung vibrierende Geschichte erzählt, hält er einer innerlich erkalteten Gesellschaft den Spiegel vor und schenkt ihr gleichzeitig mit Leonard die Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft. Dieser Roman ist unwiderstehlich, anrührend, verstörend poetisch - und ganz ohne Beispiel."
  • "Leonard, The Glister's fifteen-year-old narrator, lives in the decaying coastal community of Innertown. Every year or so, a boy from Leonard's school disappears, vanishing into the wasteland of the old chemical plant. Nobody knows where these boys go or whether they are alive or dead, and without evidence to the contrary, the authorities claim they are simply runaways."@en
  • "Acclaimed author John Burnside delivers a profound, page-turning novel about innocence, evil, morality, and the dark corners of the human psyche. Mysterious illnesses affect the inhabitants of the post-industrial village of Innertown, and a pervasive sense of malaise hangs everywhere. So when teenage boys disappear into the poisoned woods surrounding the village's abandoned chemical plant, no one notices, or if they do, they don't say a thing. Not even the town's only cop, whose leads have long since died. To one boy, however, the chemical plant is beautiful, and it is there he will enact a plan to change the fate of the children of Innertown. To do so he will have to confront the blinding reality that burns in the chemical plant's cavernous center. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "When children in the town begin disappearing into the town old's chemical plant, fifteen-year-old Leonard enters the mysterious old plant to learn the truth."@en
  • "The children of Innertown exist in a state of suspended terror. Every year or so, a boy from their school disappears, vanishing into the wasteland of the old chemical plant. Nobody knows where these boys go, or whether they are alive or dead. Without evidence the authorities claim they are runaways. The town policeman, Morrison knows otherwise."@en
  • "Leonard and his friends, living in the decaying and industrial ruin that is the coastal community of Innertown, exist in a state of suspended terror. Every year or so, a boy from their school disappears, vanishing into the wasteland of the old chemical plant. Nobody knows where these boys go, or whether they are alive or dead, and without evidence the authorities claim they are simply runaways. The town policeman, Morrison, knows otherwise. He was involved in the cover-up of one boy's murder, and he believes all the boys have been killed. And although seriously compromised, Morrison - along with the local children - wants to find the killer's identity."
  • "Ever since George Lister's chemical plant shut down, the neighboring woods have become the home to strange, sickly plants, and when a young boy named Leonard and his friends realize that boys from their school are vanishing after venturing into the poisoned woods, they alone are willing to confront the forces of evil that are destroying their once-happy town."

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  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Modern fiction"@en
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Roman anglais"

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  • "The glister a novel"
  • "The glister a novel"@en
  • "Scintillation : roman"
  • "Scintillation"
  • "Glister Roman"
  • "Glister"@en
  • "Glister"
  • "Glister"@it
  • "Glister : Roman"
  • "The glister : a novel"@en
  • "The glister : a novel"

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