The Applicant - Couverture rigide

Steyning, Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1857768175 ISBN 13 : 9781857768176

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

When inveterate traveller and international businessman Albert stumbles across a Javanese goddess, Devi, in the tearooms of the American hotel in Amsterdam, the seeds are sown for a deadly pact. Facing the consequences of his impending mortality, Albert decides to sidestep fate and commissions his own murder. Having tragically lost her son, and recently nursed her elderly mother, the beautiful Devi empathises with Albert's plight, and in the wake of his steadfast resolve becomes the "Applicant" to an execution. As the consequences of Albert's macabre plan begin to pile up, his younger friend Casey is drawn into the fray, falling for the exotic charms of the would-be assassin and finding himself caught in the middle of a deadly experiment. Posing profound philosophical questions of existence and destiny, The Applicant hurtles towards its tragic denouement with skill and insight.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anthony Steyning is the author of three previous novels. His first, The Vortical Man, was published in Paris and led to Steyning meeting Lawrence Durrell, who became a supporter of his work. Anthony Steyning has also written three plays, two of which have been performed in Montreal and New York, and the latest, Double Parked, is to be produced in London. Having travelled extensively throughout his life, the author currently resides in southern Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857768175
• ISBN 13: 9781857768176
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible