The Ice Harvest (novel)
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 2000 Picador hardcover edition cover |
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| Author | Scott Phillips |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Crime, Mystery |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Released | October 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-44018-8 |
| Followed by | The Walkaway |
The Ice Harvest is a debut novel by Scott Phillips. The story, set in 1979, was published to wide acclaim in 2000.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
It is Christmas Eve in Wichita, Kansas and snowing steadily. The streets are deserted, traffic is light and most people have returned home for the start of the festivities. But family get-togethers are the last thing on Charlie Arglist's mind, and home is the last place he needs to be. For Charlie has to get out of town, having stolen nearly a million dollars. In nine and a half hours, to be precise. He has various misadventures before he is killed accidentally after nearly escaping cleanly.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Silver Medal - First Work of Fiction, by the California Book Awards (for books published in 2000).
- It was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2001.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2005.
[edit] Release details
- Phillips, Scott (October 2000). The Ice Harvest, Hardcover, United States: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-44018-8.
- Phillips, Scott (November 2000). The Ice Harvest, Hardcover, United Kingdom: Picador. ISBN 0-330-48137-1.
- Phillips, Scott (November 2001). The Ice Harvest, Paperback, United Kingdom: Picador. ISBN 0-330-48138-X.
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