The mountain
By: Luca D'Andrea ; translated by Howard Curtis
Contributors: Curtis, Howard, translator
Publisher: Maclehose Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780857056917; 9780857056900; 9780857056931
Subjects: Murder; Canyoneering; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Fiction
Description: Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now only his daughter Clara can put a smile on his face. The depression and the nightmares are closing in. But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus. In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found. Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains, where his wife was born, harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane.
Notes: Translated from the Italian.