Like a Fading Shadow

by Antonio Muñoz Molina

Book Overview

A hypnotic novel intertwining the author's past with James Earl Ray's attempt to escape after shooting Martin Luther King Jr.

The year is 1968 and James Earl Ray has just shot Martin Luther King Jr. For two months he evades authorities, driving to Canada, securing a fake passport, and flying to London, all while relishing the media's confusion about his location and his image on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Eventually he lands at the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374126909
• ISBN13: 9780374126902
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"