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Details
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Title
The Last Policeman: A Novel (The Last Policeman Trilogy)
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Author
Winters, Ben H
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Binding
Paperback
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Edition
UNABRIDGED VERSI
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Condition
Used - Very Good
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Pages
336
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Quirk Books, Philadelphia, PA
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Date
2013-05-13
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Bookseller's Inventory #
F04O-00715
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ISBN
9781594746741 / 1594746745
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Weight
0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
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Dimensions
7.94 x 5.34 x 0.92 in (20.17 x 13.56 x 2.34 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Geographic Orientation: New Hampshire
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2013935622
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Dewey Decimal Code
FIC
From the publisher
New York Times best-selling author Ben H. Winters won an Edgar Award for his debut mystery The Last Policeman. His YA novel The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman was also nominated for an Edgar Award. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and three children.
Media reviews
“The best genre fiction holds a mirror up to society while also providing edge-of-the-seat excitement, and The Last Policeman did that and more.”—Las Vegas City Life
“...a heck of a lot of fun.”—Locus
“Winters constructs a sturdy, functional, entertaining page-turner.”—Greg Cook, WBUR.org
“I'm eager to read the other books, and expect that they’ll keep me as enthralled as the first one did.”—Mark Frauenfedler, Boing Boing
“...darkly intriguing...”—Discover magazine
“Full of compelling twists, likable characters, and a sad beauty, The Last Policeman is a gem.”—San Francisco Book Review
“...resonant and powerful.”—Locus
“This is a book that asks big questions about civilization, community, desperation and hope.”—io9
“...an entertaining and well-plotted tale.”—Wired.com's GeekDad
“I'm in the middle of it and can't put the dang thing down.”—USA Today's Pop Candy
“...sharp, funny, and deeply wise.”—Slate.com
“The Last Policeman succeeds both as a mystery, with a quirky detective and an intriguing whodunit, and as a piece of apocalyptic speculative fiction. That’s good news. The even better news is that this novel is supposed to be the first of a planned trilogy, with each case occurring closer to the moment when, as Henry repeatedly notes, ‘Bam!’ And that is something we can anticipate with a good feeling.”—Sacramento News & Review
“Winters is masterful in crafting a plausible image of a society that’s hanging onto sanity by its fingernails as it teeters on the edge of mass hysteria....This is a novel that grabs ahold of you and doesn’t let you go until the very end.”—The Nashua Telegraph
“If the next two books are as good as this one, I can't wait for the end of the world.”—Asbury Park Press
“...a solidly plotted whodunit with strong characters and excellent dialogue...This memorable tale is the first of a planned trilogy.”—Booklist
“This thought-provoking mystery should appeal to crime fiction aficionados who like an unusual setting and readers looking for a fresh take on apocalypse stories.”—Library Journal
“Ben Winters vividly describes the decline of civilization in this pre-apocalyptic story, and spins a wonderful tale...This engrossing story is the first in a planned trilogy. It is a well-written mystery that will have readers eagerly awaiting the second installment.”—NY Journal of Books
“The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States.”—Tor.com
“Ben Winters makes noir mystery even darker: his latest novel sets a despondent detective on a suspicious suicide case—while an asteroid hurtles toward earth.”—Wired magazine
“Normally, only Stephen King and Dean Koontz can suck me into a book and not release their stranglehold until I, exhausted from lack of sleep, have turned the last page. Now [Ben Winters] has joined their ranks...The Last Policeman is extraordinary—as well as brilliant, surprising, and, considering the circumstances, oddly uplifting.”—Mystery Scene magazine
“Absolutely outstanding, I completely loved it from start to finish and I’m already rueing the fact that there will only be two more in the series...this gets the highest recommendation I can give. Buy it.”—In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
“A promising kickoff to a planned trilogy. For Winters, the beauty is in the details rather than the plot’s grim main thrust.”—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review
Citations
- Library Journal, 03/01/2015, Page 56
About the author
Ben H. Winters is the New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning, and Philip K. Dick Award-winning author of The Quiet Boy, Golden State, Underground Airlines, the Last Policeman trilogy, and the mash-up novel Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Ben has also worked extensively in television; he was a writer on the FX cult hit Legion as well as Manhunt on Apple TV+, and he is the creator of the CBS drama Tracker. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, three kids, and one large dog.
