The Testing Ground

G. F. Newman

За особеностите на екземпляра

Състояние:: Добро
Забележка:: Отчислен библиотечен екземпляр, найлонова подвързия, чисто книжно тяло, поовехтял външен вид.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр.

За изданието

Издателство:: Michael Joseph
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 1987 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 347
Корици:: Твърди
Категория:: Чужда проза
Тегло (гр.):: 582
Ширина (мм):: 135
Височина (мм):: 220
Дебелина (мм):: 30
ISBN:: 9780718128685

The time is the recent past, the place - Northern Ireland. Some RUC officers are acquitted on charges of murder of supposed IRA members, amidst allegations of a 'shoot to kill' policy. Sir Norman Hateley, Chief Constable of Northern Ireland, is under pressure to bring in an outside force to investigate. Assistant Commissioner Jack Bentham of the Met is the man for the job - a copper's copper, he can be relied upon to deliver a tidy conclusion. For Jack Bentham, equivocal hero of G. F. Newman's previous highly acclaimed police novel Seta Thief, the call comes in the middle of a dense and perplexing enquiry into the alleged rape of a black student in police cells. However, he sets about his task with professional equanimity. But when he pays a visit to the family of 17-year-old Stephen McFadden, a wholly innocent victim of the shootings, Bentham's focus is abruptly switched and the search for the truth takes on the flavour of a personal crusade. As our 'hero' comes closer to unravelling the sinister complexities of policing methods in the province, so the strong arm of the Establishment tightens its grip. And as Bentham is forced to choose between his conscience and professional expediency, so Northern Ireland turns into his very own Testing Ground. Tense, exciting, controversial and written with unnerving verisimilitude, The Testing Ground'is a novel which poses some extremely important questions about the role of the police within our society-and reveals some very disturbing answers. * About the Author G. F. Newman, novelist, playwright and television dramatist, has won a reputation as the scourge of public institutions such as the National Health Service and the Police, both of which he has researched exhaustively. His TV series Law and Order and The Nation's Health caused a storm of controversy and won him widespread critical acclaim. His stage plays include the highly praised Operation Bad Apple and An Honourable Trade, which had a successful run at the Royal Court. His most recent novel, Seta Thief, was published by Michael Joseph In 1986.

Ключови думи: английски книги, съвременни романи, криминални романи, трилъри, полицейски романи