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Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie) - Jackson Brodie (Paperback)
  • Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie) - Jackson Brodie (Paperback)

Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie) - Jackson Brodie (Paperback)

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Paperback Published: 01/06/2005
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Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to balance. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge, and has a failed marriage to prove it. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, he attempts to unravel three disparate case histories and begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552772433

Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson was born in York, earned a master?s degree in English literature from the University of Dundee in 1974 and now lives in Edinburgh. Her debut novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, was a huge success, winning the Whitbread Book of the Year in 1995. Her books featuring Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, have been adapted into the successful BBC series named after the first book in the series, Case Histories.

Her most recent novel, Life After Life, following the lives and deaths of Ursula Todd, was published to widespread critical acclaim.

Book and writing awards

Whitbread Book of the Year 1995 (Behind the Scenes at the Museum), Prix Westminster 2004 (Case Histories), Saltire Book of the Year 2005 (Case Histories), British Book Awards Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year 2009 (When Will There Be Good News?), Costa Novel Award 2013 (Life After Life).

Similar authors to Kate Atkinson

Maggie O'Farrell, William Boyd, Colum McCann and Ian McEwan.

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“Case Histories - Kate Atkinson”

Case Histories in one tweet-sized chunk.
Darkly comic and well characterised, Case Histories introduces Jackson Brodie as he seeks to bring order to the world one case at a time.

Jackson Brodie is a private... More

22nd January 2010
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“Case Histories”

A pleasant read, but not as good as I had hoped or expected.

4th June 2009
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“Case Histories”

I was given this book at Christmas and until recently I'd forgotten it was sitting on a shelf. I picked it up and was pleasantly surprised when I enjoyed every single page. Although the characters are all very... More

7th May 2008
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