The Guard - Couverture souple

Terrin, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848662947 ISBN 13 : 9781848662940

Editeur : MacLehose Press, 2013

Synopsis

Isolation, terror, paranoia. Two guards in a luxury apartment block stick to their posts while the world collapses around them.

'A mix of psychological thriller and SF fable, this is a strange, wonderfully claustrophobic novel' John O'Connell, Guardian. (Guardian)

Harry and Michel are stationed in the basement of a luxury apartment block, guarding the 1%. Until all the residents leave - apart from a man on floor 29.

Harry and Michel stick to their posts. The world might be at war, plunged into nuclear winter or decimated by a disease; they may be the last inhabitants in the city. All they know is that if they are vigilant, 'the organisation' will reward them: promotion to an elite cadre of security officers remains their goal, and their days are punctuated by vivid dreams of everything they are missing.

But what if there were no-one left to guard? And if the promised third officer arrives, how will he fit into Michel and Harry's studied routine of boredom and paranoia?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Terrin represents a unique voice in contemporary literature, touching on universal and highly topical themes. He is considered by critics to be a literary maverick, a classic writer and a masterful stylist. He is also an avid collector of vintage typewriters. He won a European Literature Prize for The Guard, and the AKO Literatuurprijs for Post Mortem.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MacLehose Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848662947
• ISBN 13: 9781848662940
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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