Thisis the story of Augustus Rose -- half African-American, half Italian; journalist, lover, restauranteur, unlikely terrorist -- and his interrogator, Harper, a Grand Inquisitor armed with twenty-first century cruelty, clarity and charisma. As Harper's assault on his body and soul intensifies, Augustus raises the only shield he has: memory. His mind turns to the women in his life, from his outcast mother, to the vigilante who recruited him, to the last female tenderness he's ever likely to know. Outshining them all is the memory of the stunning, wealthy and white Selina, and the love affair that began in 1960s Manhattan -- an epic, taboo mix of politics and passion that would lead Augustus from Harlem to Greenwich Village, from El Salvador to Barcelona, from Morocco to a bleak Scottish island where hope or death must overcome...
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Recensione:
'Thrilling, a probe deep into the heart of our age' New York Times * 'An engrossing, disturbing, weirdly seductive novel that combines the nagging drive of a thriller with the account of a sexy, impassioned affair' Independent on Sunday * 'His fiction hasn't received the recognition it deserves ... with this new novel, that could change' Observer
L'autore:
Glen Duncan is the critically-acclaimed author of six previous novels, including I, Lucifer and The Bloodstone Papers. He was the first of his Anglo-Indian family to be born in Britain. He lives in South London.
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- EditoreSimon + Schuster UK
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 1847394175
- ISBN 13 9781847394170
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine256
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