Canal Dreams - Couverture souple

Banks, Iain

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349139237 ISBN 13 : 9780349139234

Editeur : Abacus, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Banks Iain

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Apocalyptic is the first word that springs to mind to describe this violent and powerful novel in which Banks once again demostrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination . . . impressive'
The Times

Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmostphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on the cello . . .

'Currents of dark wit swirl through Banks' writing, enriching its buoyancy . . . and, like Graham Greene, he can readily open the reader's senses to the "foreignness" of places'
Scotland on Sunday

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on her cello...

CANAL DREAMS is a novel of deceptive simplicity and dark, original power: stark psychological insights mesh with vividly realised scenarios in an ominous projection of global realpolitik. The result is yet another major landmark in the quite remarkable career of an outstanding modern novelist.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0349139237
• ISBN 13: 9780349139234
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288