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'All kinds of evil under the sun seethe in Adam Thorpe's superior novel... wincingly precise in his imagery and technically adept, he has here crafted an electric and darkly gleeful read' Daily Mail
Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick and Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small and lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker and murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers...
'An immensely clever, tragicomic novel... a rich meditation on past and present colonial politics... what resonates is what I greatly admire in all Thorpe's work: the complex depth, and the texture and poetry of his storytelling language' Financial Times
'An intimate depiction of family life... vivid and luminous' Independent on Sunday
'Because this is Adam Thorpe, there are two things of which you can be certain: that the writing will be gorgeous, silky-smooth, and that the plot will be entirely original, defying categorisation... read, enjoy and wait' Sunday Telegraph
'An intricate fiction that reminds us gently that war wrecks lives in ways too tangled to anticipate' Times Literary Supplement
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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Signed by author on title page. Jacket and hardcover spine feet are bumped. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW. Signed by Author. Used. N° de réf. du vendeur 439876
Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in as new, unread, FINE/FINE condition this despite small push top spine. SIGNED & DATED (19/6/08) . Synopsis: Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick and Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small and lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse has its own histories, rather more fraught than those the Mallinsons are used to dealing with on the page. Nick once wrote that 'History is more about amnesia than memory.' But what if that amnesia is a saving grace - disturbed at one's peril, like the murk of a standing pool? As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple feel the vulnerability of being among strangers, and being strangers themselves - even in their own place, and even to their own children.Sarah frets about the danger of the swimming pool and the nightly visits of the wild boar, while Nick is more concerned by the guns of the local hunters. Meanwhile, however, there is Jean-Luc, the gardener, living alone with his invalid mother in the village, whose private world involves hammering nails into a doll, collecting arcane rubbish, and spying on Sarah's naked dips in the pool. What should the Mallinsons make of him? Writing, as always, with linguistic elan, an alert ear for dialogue, and huge imaginative flair, Adam Thorpe deftly interweaves social comedy with narrative suspense, returning us - brilliantly and inexorably - to the dark and terrifying mysteries that feed at the heart of this thrilling novel. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 002121
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