MAN IN THE WOODS autorstwa Scott Spencer


A gripping new psychological thriller from the author of ENDLESS LOVE, MAN IN THE WOODS follows Paul, a carpenter who knows himself but is frequently befuddled by the rest of the world, as he commits a crime of passion and then keeps the biggest piece of evidence at his side. Paul is beginning to get his life together. A frequently out of work carpenter, he has the opportunity to do a major remodel of a luxurious Manhattan apartment. After a lifetime of the wrong kind of women, he is living with Kate Ellis, who is smart, beautiful, loving, and has a wonderful daughter Ruby. But Paul is a man of deep convictions, and the compromises people make to get along in the world elude him.

Following his unceremonious removal from the luxe Manhattan job, Paul stops off the Saw Mill Parkway at a camp grounds to gather his thoughts. Instead of peace, he finds a man savagely beating his dog, and takes fateful action. Moments later, he comes out of the woods a different man, with a mysterious dog in tow, and he begins to try and reclaim his existence.

With the psychologically acuity and razor-sharp prose for which he has been celebrated, award-winning and bestselling novelist Spencer once again takes us on an unforgettable journey of manhood lost and found.

Scott Spencer is the author of nine previous novels, including ENDLESS LOVE, which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold over 2 million copies. His other novels include THE RICH MAN’S TABLE, MEN IN BLACK, A SHIP MADE OF PAPER, and WAKING THE DEAD, a film version of which was produced by Jodie Foster in 2000, starring Jennifer Connelly and Billy Crudup.
 He has written for Rolling Stone, the New York Times,The New Yorker,GQ, and Harper’s, and has taught fiction writing at Columbia University, The University of Iowa, and Williams College. 

A SHIP MADE OF PAPER sold to: Germany/Goldmann VerlagHungary/GeopenUK/HeinemannPoland/Muza


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“No one writes more insightfully or more entertainingly about our deepest connections with lovers, family and friends, with our children and our communities. But in this brilliant novel, Scott Spencer further expands his range to embrace our relations with animals—with the loyal pets that consent to share our domestic lives, and with the darker, more alarming beasts that lurk within even the most compassionate and conscious human beings.”— Francine Prose

“A smart, haunting thriller with bass reverb and a pounding heart, MAN IN THE WOODS takes the reader deep inside the ever-widening mystery of human connection and animal need. Always a magician, Scott Spencer transforms an eight thousand dollar gambling debt and a dog with two names into an enthralling literary ride, tightening the tension with every dazzling line. Spenser is an American master: MAN IN THE WOODS holds the lightening-strike power of the past and the sudden confluence of fate and love in its powerful grip.”— Jayne Anne Phillips, author of the National Book Award finalist LARK AND TERMITE

“MAN IN THE WOODS reveals the talent and confidence of a master story teller at the top of his game. Written with surgical precision as well as heartbreaking insights into the dark frailties of human nature, Scott Spencer holds the reader to his terrifying account every step of the way. A page turner from beginning to end.”— Rudy Wurlitzer

“[A] compelling setup and stunning conclusion...The depth of the characters, the questions they ask and the challenge they confront stay with the reader long after the conclusion.”— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Spencer, a deft explorer of obsessive love and violence, confronts the consequences of doing wrong for all the right reasons in his exquisite latest.”— Publishers Weekly

“Spencer, a master of piercing insight and letter-perfect prose, tantalizes to the last climactic sentence of this compelling exploration of the wages of guilt.”— Booklist (starred review)