The Ice Harvest (novel)
 2000 Picador hardcover edition cover | |
| Author | Scott Phillips |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | October 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | 0-345-44018-8 |
| OCLC | 45125622 |
| 813/.6 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3566.H515 I25 2000 |
| 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]
Plot summary
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.
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.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2005.
Release details
- Phillips, Scott (October 2000). The Ice Harvest (Hardcover ed.). United States: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-44018-8.
- Phillips, Scott (November 2000). The Ice Harvest (Hardcover ed.). United Kingdom: Picador. ISBN 0-330-48137-1.
- Phillips, Scott (November 2001). The Ice Harvest (Paperback ed.). United Kingdom: Picador. ISBN 0-330-48138-X.