The Sunday Telegraph London, April 14th, 2002
The Resurrectionists
by Michael Collins
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pounds 12.99, 360 pp
pounds 11.99 ( pounds 1.99 p&p) 0870 155 7222
MICHAEL COLLINS made his mark two years ago, when The Keepers of Truth was short-listed for the Booker. Like the earlier novel, The Resurrectionists is a thriller with hidden depths. It is set up as a mystery story and, at that level, is extremely effective: the reader is kept guessing to the end and the denouement is as satisfying as it is unexpected. But this is far more than a stylish pot-boiler. At its best, it is a searingly acute portrait of American socie...
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