Without Mercy

by Renate Dorrestein

Book Overview

Renate Dorrestein has been called the Dutch Iris Murdoch-with an extra leavening of wit. In Without Mercyshe reenters the edgy, chilling, domestic territory that in A Heart of Stone won her an instant... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670031887
• ISBN13: 9780670031887
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Lives shattered by a murder within the family

Renate Dorrestein, author of A Heart of Stone, relates the sad tale of a "perfect marriage" ripped asunder when the teenage son is murdered. Although the story is situated within the confines of one single weekend, use of flashback orients readers to the causes of the love and guilt and recrimination that surface. Heartbreaking, yet sometimes funny.