by Dennis Lehane · Rivages · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782743614812
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«Shutter Island» is the suspense novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Rivages in paperback (392 pages, in French).
In the 1950s, marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule travel to a psychiatric hospital for criminals on an island off Boston. They must investigate the disappearance of a patient locked in a cell secured from the outside; the case leads them to an increasingly unsettling and ambiguous reality.
The French translation is by Isabelle Maillet. The novel was originally published in 2003 and won the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in 2004.
It is aimed at readers of psychological thrillers and crime fiction who appreciate historical settings and an oppressive atmosphere.
Dennis Lehane is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War (1994). Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same name: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted into the 2014 film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini.
