Cross Country Murder Song
  • Published: 15 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099539933
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $19.99

Cross Country Murder Song

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1 Jul 2010
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15 Feb 2011
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An extraordinary debut novel tracking a killer, and the lives of his victims, on a terrifying road trip across America.

On a journey from the Jersey Shore to the Pacific Ocean the driver crosses an America twisted beyond all recognition, pursued by ghosts of his traumatic past, and by the police, who have discovered the horrifying secrets of his basement.

On and off the road, we glimpse the lives of people who are touched by the driver in one way or another - a porn star who can no longer perform; a widower looking for love; two parents who return day after day to the spot where their son was killed. The driver meddles, mixes and murders, heading towards his own macabre realisation of the American Dream.
  • Published: 15 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099539933
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Philip Wilding

Philip Wilding is a journalist, writer and producer for both radio and TV. He currently lives in South East London. Cross Country Murder Song is his first novel.

Praise for Cross Country Murder Song

Cross Country Murder Song is 245 pages of dark, Welsh, disturbing, romantic, American splendour

Nicky Wire

A black marble index of murder and pain that grips and doesn't ever let you go

James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers

Its palette is bible-black, and the country is skewed, from right to left, positive to negative. This is a worrying book, like a worm inside my brain. I like such books

Independent

There is more than a touch of David Lynch about Wilding's road trip across America...Compelling, sophisticated writing

Guardian

A rising star

Sunday Telegraph
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