Bibliograph

The trees, a novel, Percival Everett

Type

Label

The trees, a novel, Percival Everett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The trees

Oclc number

1268220252

Responsibility statement

Percival Everett

Sub title

a novel

Summary

After a series of brutal murders in a rural Mississippi town, investigators arrive and discover a large number of similar cases that all have roots in the pastWhen a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive to investigate a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist White townsfolk. The murders present a puzzle, for at each crime scene there is a second dead body: that of a man who resembles Emmett Till. The detectives suspect that these are killings of retribution, but discover that eerily similar murders are taking place all over the country. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives uncover a history that refuses to be buried. -- adapted from back cover

Target audience

adult

Classification