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William Landay
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http://www.goodreads.com/williamlanday
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Boston, The United States |
| website |
http://www.williamlanday.com |
| genre |
Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
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about this author
William Landay is the author of the novels Mission Flats and The Strangler. The first won the Dagger Award as best debut crime novel. The second was an L.A. Times favorite crime novel and nominated for the Strand Magazine Critics Award as best crime novel of the year.
His third novel, Defending Jacob, will be published January 31, 2012.
Advance praise for Defending Jacob:
“A novel like this comes along maybe once a decade. William Landay’s Defending Jacob is a tour de force, a full-blooded legal thriller about a murder trial and the way it shatters a family. With its relentless suspense, mesmerizing prose, and a shocking twist at the end, it’s every bit as good as Scott Turow’s great Presumed Innocent. But also something more: an indelible domestic drama that calls to mind Ordinary People and We Need to Talk About Kevin. A spellbinding and unforgettable literary crime novel.”
— Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Buried Secrets and High Crimes
“In Defending Jacob, William Landay makes bold use of his genuine storytelling gift, his amazing ability to craft believable dialogue, and above all, an extraordinary understanding of what it means to be a husband and father to present us with the unforgettable tale of an ordinary marriage and family in crisis. In his hands, the tender, passionate union of Laurie and Andrew Barber — of anyone’s marriage, by implication — is tested by the notion that parenting is never quite what one imagines it to be. On the surface, this novel reads like a first-rate thriller, but at its heart, it’s a love story. It’s the story of a man who adores his wife and child, but more than that, it’s a novel that describes the fine edge between love and madness, and the lies we sometimes tell ourselves. Landay has proven himself to be an extraordinary writer, and Defending Jacob is an amazing novel. Do yourself a favor and read it. It’s that good.”
— Nicholas Sparks, N.Y. Times #1 bestselling author
“William Landay has hit a home run. Defending Jacob is a stunning novel that will be compared to classic courtroom thrillers like Presumed Innocent and Anatomy of a Murder.”
— Phillip Margolin, N.Y. Times bestselling author
“By the time I had finished the first chapter of William Landay’s Defending Jacob I knew there was no way I would not read to the last page, and when I got there, I was not disappointed. Shaken might be a better word. Riveting, suspenseful, and emotionally searing. I thought Presumed Innocent packed a punch at the end. It was a slap compared to this.”
— Linwood Barclay, N.Y. Times bestselling author of The Accident
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