Where the Crawdads Sing
2018 novel by Delia Owens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the novel. For the film, see Where the Crawdads Sing (film).
Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2018 coming-of-age[2][3] murder mystery novel by American zoologist Delia Owens.[4] The story follows two timelines that slowly intertwine. The first timeline describes the life and adventures of a young girl named Kya as she grows up isolated in the marshes of North Carolina. The second timeline follows an investigation into the apparent murder of Chase Andrews, a local celebrity of Barkley Cove, a fictional coastal town of North Carolina.[1][4][5]
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Author | Delia Owens |
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Genre | Literary fiction |
Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
Publication date | August 14, 2018[1] |
Pages | 368 |
ISBN | 978-0-7352-1911-3 |
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By April 2023, the book had sold over 18 million copies. A film adaptation was released in July 2022.