✨ Featured Offer
Used, Like New
$9.72
List Price: $22.99
🚚
See all 5 offers from $9.72 FREE standard delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Overview
At the heart of every life there lies a secret.
Alex Smyth, of Irish birth but living for many years with his wife in rural Canada, receives a trout fly in the mail, with no message and no return address. It stirs a fear that he is being stalked after the publication of his most recent book, and it awakens in him deeply buried, inchoate memories from his childhood in Ireland, before he was old enough to understand the adult world around him. It also evokes the guilt that he may have murdered a man, a feeling so strong it changes him and threatens his marriage. Alex has no choice but to return alone to Ireland and his estranged father, to try and begin to solve the mystery.
A novel of great literary beauty structured as a tense psychological thriller, The Trout is a tale of predators and prey, deception, and the hidden crimes that can shape a life. Alex's physician father loved to fish and imbued in him a deep knowledge of the sport. In brief passages, this fisherman's lore periodically comes to the surface and resonates deeply with the dark mystery at the core of the novel.
Alex Smyth, of Irish birth but living for many years with his wife in rural Canada, receives a trout fly in the mail, with no message and no return address. It stirs a fear that he is being stalked after the publication of his most recent book, and it awakens in him deeply buried, inchoate memories from his childhood in Ireland, before he was old enough to understand the adult world around him. It also evokes the guilt that he may have murdered a man, a feeling so strong it changes him and threatens his marriage. Alex has no choice but to return alone to Ireland and his estranged father, to try and begin to solve the mystery.
A novel of great literary beauty structured as a tense psychological thriller, The Trout is a tale of predators and prey, deception, and the hidden crimes that can shape a life. Alex's physician father loved to fish and imbued in him a deep knowledge of the sport. In brief passages, this fisherman's lore periodically comes to the surface and resonates deeply with the dark mystery at the core of the novel.
| ISBN-13 | 9781628727449 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1628727446 |
| Weight | 0.95 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.75 x 1.50 x 8.50 In |
| List Price | $22.99 |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 296 pages |
| Publisher | Arcade |
| Published On | 2017-07-04 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Used, Like New
Seller details
8trax Media
Mansfield, MA, USA
Great shape-pages are unmarked and sharp. Hardcover Used-Like New 2017.
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
8trax Media
Mansfield, MA, USA
Good shape with typical wear. Pages are unmarked and sharp. Hardcover Used-Very Good 2017.
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB-Ruby
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB-Ruby
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Book Outpost
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Cover has a crease/tear, book is in good condition.
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026