His Bloody Project
{{short description|2015 novel by Graeme Macrae Burnet}}
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His Bloody Project: Documents relating to the case of Roderick Macrae is a 2015 novel by Graeme Macrae Burnet.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/jul/27/man-booker-prize-2016-longlist-in-pictures | title=Man Booker prize 2016: the longlist – in pictures | work=The Guardian | date=July 27, 2016 | accessdate=July 28, 2016}} Using fictional historical documents, it tells the story of a 17-year-old boy named Roderick "Roddy" Macrae, who commits a triple homicide in the village of Culduie, on the Applecross peninsula, in 1869.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41253753|title = His Bloody Project: Author returns to the scene of the crime|work = BBC News|date = 16 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://themanbookerprize.com/books/his-bloody-project-by-graeme-macrae-burnet|title=His Bloody Project - The Man Booker Prizes|publisher=}}
Synopsis
The book is the story of the young man Roddy Macrae and his animosity with the local constable, Lachlan Broad.
Reception
In September 2016, it was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.{{cite web | url=http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2016-shortlist | title=Man Booker Prize announces 2016 shortlist | publisher=Man Booker | date=September 13, 2016 | accessdate=July 27, 2016 | author=Alice}} In October 2016, His Bloody Project became the largest-selling book in the Booker shortlist.{{cite web|url=http://themanbookerprize.com/news/julian-barnes-rubbish-says-julian-barnes|title=Julian Barnes is rubbish, says Julian Barnes - The Man Booker Prizes|date=19 January 1946 |publisher=}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/22/his-bloody-project-sales-booker-shortlist-graeme-macrae-burnet|title=His Bloody Project's sales leave Booker shortlist rivals for dead|first=Libby Brooks Scotland|last=correspondent|date=22 September 2016|publisher=|newspaper=The Guardian}}