Under the Same Stars - Couverture rigide

Lott, Tim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847373054 ISBN 13 : 9781847373052

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Lott Tim

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

It is late summer 2008 and the world stands on the brink of economic chaos. Forty-year-old Salinger Nash who has been plagued since adolescence by black moods, rage and the free-floating guilt of an unaccountable depression, leaves the London house he shares with girlfriend for his estranged older brother's home in New Orleans.
Born-again Christian and real estate agent, Carson has lived there with his wife LouLou for twenty years. It is Carson who has persuaded Salinger that they should visit their estranged father, who is now ill. Carson suggests that the brothers should make it a road trip together to New Mexico via Texas, an opportunity to heal old wounds. However it is with a sense of foreboding that Salinger sets off with his brother from New Orleans in Carson's prized brand-new Lexus.
As they drive through the vast open spaces towards the distant horizons of the Texan landscape, Salinger feels the stirrings of a long-buried affection for Carson, despite the constant irritation of his very difference. What began as an ordeal has become an adventure and Carson is anticipating a redemptive final scene with his father. But Salinger harbours the suspicion that there is a dark secret only his father can reveal that might explain his own damage, and that only by finding the strength to confront him will he discover the truth.
Tender, funny, unflinching, this is a road trip story in the great American literary tradition and an exploration of sibling rivalry that harks back to Cain and Abel. It is a vivid glimpse of a country through the eyes of an outsider, a profound exploration of brotherhood and a gripping journey of the soul.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It is late summer 2008 and, as the world economy goes into meltdown, forty-year-old Salinger Nash, plagued since adolescence by a mercurial depression, leaves the London house he shares with his girlfriend, Tiane, for his older brother's home in the Garden District of New Orleans. Carson Nash has persuaded Salinger that they should find their missing father, Henry- last known location Las Cruces, New Mexico. But it is with a sense of foreboding that Salinger sets off with his brother. Painfully aware that their own relationship is distant and strained, will dragging up the past and confronting their father going to help or harm them? Meanwhile back in London, Tiane isn't answering Salinger's increasingly urgent messages. Why?
Tender, funny, unflinching, this is a road trip story in the great American literary tradition and an exploration of sibling rivalry that harks back to Cain and Abel. A vivid glimpse of a Britain's 'brother country' through the eyes of a skeptical outsider, a profound exploration of fraternal love and a gripping journey of the soul.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847373054
• ISBN 13: 9781847373052
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352