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ISBN : 038534743X
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month, June 2013: Smart, quick and disarmingly direct, the eponymous heroine of this stunning debut is a twenty-something college dropout on death row for murder in Pennsylvania. Did Noa P. Singleton actually kill the daughter of the woman now agitating for the state to commute her death sentence? And if so (or even if not) why is Sarah Dixon’s mom, who writes letters to her dead daughter throughout, so anxious for Noa to be cleared? If those were the only questions, this would have been an average thriller. Thanks to very complex characters (particularly Caleb, Noa’s mostly absent father who not coincidentally is sleeping with Sarah) and jagged, jarring prose--a gun sits in a backpack “awkwardly like an adult in a kindergarten class”; Noa declines to occupy the passenger seat on her lawyer’s “virginal ride to salvation”--and a plot that twists and turns but never neatly resolves, it’s genius: a pithy, funny, sad story about truth and lies, and whether we ever really, truly know the difference. --Sara Nelson
From Booklist
In this vividly written debut novel, Silver, a lawyer, brings her background to bear on the story of a woman who is 10 years into her stay on death row. Six months before her scheduled execution date, Noa P. Singleton, who was sentenced to death for the murder of her father’s pregnant girlfriend, Sarah Dixon, is visited by the victim’s mother, Marlene, a high-powered attorney. Marlene has reversed her opinion on the death penalty and is seeking to file a petition of clemency on Noa’s behalf, but Noa is highly skeptical of Marlene’s motives. In the cleverly constructed narrative, which alternates between Noa’s diary and the self-serving letters Marlene pens to her dead daughter, the circumstances of the crime begin to emerge. And though by novel’s end, the characters prove unlikable and their motives murky, Silver definitely delivers a thought-provoking examination of the criminal-justice system, providing a clear-eyed view of the artificial theatrics that dominate criminal trials and a heartfelt look at both grief and remorse. An intriguing debut from a writer to watch. --Joanne Wilkinson
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- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Crown (June 11, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 038534743X
- ISBN-13: 978-0385347433
- Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 6.4 x 9.2 inches
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Epub The Execution of Noa P. Singleton: A Novel – Deckle Edge
Now, does that title make any sense whatsoever? Or does it seem like a series of words randomly strung together? (Hint: it's the latter.) Welcome to the world of first-time author Elizabeth L. Silver, who it seems never met a simile she didn't like.
Although this novel has an intriguing premise and was listed among Amazon's "Best Books of the Month" (a testament more to the skill of Ms. Silver's publicist than to the taste of Amazon's editors), it is unfortunately an abject failure. Apart from the wholly unsatisfying nature of the rather ridiculous final "reveal" of the crime, the writing is painfully overblown, consisting of page after page strewn with awkward and often nonsensical similes. A few examples:
"Marlene twisted her neck like the top of a soda bottle opening." (Sounds like Marlene will be needing a chiropractor.)
"It's isolating, like a termite scuffling up your innards." (Huh?)
"The pearl of blood dripped onto the white duvet like a spot of chocolate." (Yum.)
"A pale rough armor covered his mouth like scales from a striated fish." (Try as I might, I just can't make a sensible mental picture of this.)
"A smirk seeped out between my lips like an unsuspecting belch." (I've never seen a smirk between someone's lips, nor do I have any idea what a belch might suspect or not suspect.)
"Thirteen individuals, marinating in the enclosed jury box like a carton of dried-out fruit." (Um, if it's marinating, it's not dried out.)
"His heart was too visible outside his garments, where it resided like lint on a week-old sweater." (Is there a different kind of lint on a two-week-old sweater?