A Crime in the Neighborhood
 First edition | |
| Author | Suzanne Berne |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel, Young Adult |
| Published | 1997 (Algonquin Books) |
| Pages | 285 |
A Crime in the Neighborhood is a novel by Suzanne Berne. It won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 1999.[1] Told through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl, the book chronicles a child's murder in a sleepy suburb of Washington, D.C. against the backdrop of the unfolding Watergate scandal.
References
- ↑ Tonkin, Boyd (1999-06-09). "`Disturbing and lyrical' first novel wins Orange prize". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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