كتاب
The crime of Huey Dunstan
| العنوان: | The crime of Huey Dunstan |
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| المؤلفون: | McNeish, James. |
| بيانات النشر: | Auckland, N.Z. : Vintage, 2010. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| وصف مادي: | 273 p. : 24 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Recovered memory -- Fiction., Trials (Murder) -- Fiction., Blind -- Fiction., Psychologists -- Fiction., Provocation (Criminal law) -- Fiction., New Zealand fiction -- 21st century., Fiction., Psychological fiction. |
| الوصف: | A young man stands in the dock accused of murder. A brutal murder, apparently motiveless. When Professor Chesney, a psychologist specialising in trauma, is called as an expert witness, he is at first baffled. This young man, Huey Dunstan, was a bubbly, smiling child not so long ago. What brought him to bludgeon an old man to death? Why does he seem determined at all cost to incriminate himself? As Ches delves into Huey’s past, with the sensitive insight that perhaps only a blind man could have, a psychological mystery unravels. And the jury is asked to consider an unthinkable defence. Inspired by an actual criminal case, The Crime of Huey Dunstan takes us beyond questions of guilt and innocence to thought-provoking ideas on justice and humanity. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | How do I describe him? Bubbly, mischievous. Surly, uncooperative. Happy-go-lucky, straightforward. Devious, calculating? Professor Chesney -- Ches for short -- recalls a court case from fifteen years ago in which he was an expert witness. At its centre is Huey Dunstan, a young man accused of murdering a taxi driver in cold blood. Ches, called in to try to determine the motivation behind this uncharacteristic act of violence, is at first baffled by an ordinary, unassuming, polite young man who seems determined at all costs to incriminate himself. The crux of the case involves the twin enigmas of buried memory and provocation, both contentious elements that require risk-taking at the edge of New Zealand law. But Ches is no foreigner to dilemmas of this kind: he is a trained psychologist, specialising in trauma, and he is blind. This is a compelling, beautifully written novel. It is both emotionally engaging and thought-provoking -- an important insight into the workings of the law . . . and of humanity. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn635981656 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-86979-315-9 1-86979-315-3 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012517101.3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781869793159 1869793153 |
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