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His Bloody Project
His Bloody Project
Graeme Macrae Burnet (born 1967)
English editions
Written in EnglishHis Bloody Project
Contraband · United Kingdom · 2025 · Paperback · 288 pages
His Bloody Project
Contraband · United Kingdom · 2015 · Paperback · 288 pages
His Bloody Project
Skyhorse Publishing · United States · 18 October 2016 · Hardcover · 300 pages
His Bloody Project
Arcade Publishing · United States · 12 September 2017 · Paperback · 264 pages
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The novel is presented as a set of documents found by the author, among them the memoir Roderick Macrae writes after his arrest. In 1869 Roddy, seventeen, shy and clever, kills three people in Culduie, a small community on the Applecross peninsula, and his own account makes his guilt plain. What drove him to it, and how far his quarrel with Lachlan Broad, the village constable, explains it, is left to the lawyers and psychiatrists to work out. Was he mad? Only his advocate's skill stands between him and the gallows. The book turns on how uncertain the truth can be, however clear the facts may seem, in a harsh landscape where power is used at will.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Crime, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United Kingdom, 1869
- First published
- 2015
- Author's age
- 48 when first published
- ISBN
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9781910192146 (Contraband, United Kingdom)
9781510719217 (Skyhorse Publishing, United States)
9781628728309 (Arcade Publishing, United States)
9781916812444 (Contraband, United Kingdom)
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