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"My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success... It was I who killed her." Thus begins the much-hyped first novel by 20-year-old Oxford undergraduate Richard Mason. Your typical murder mystery The Drowning People is not, for we are given the identity of the killer--the who --immediately. The puzzle in this introspective novel is why --why did 70-year-old James Farrell murder his aristocratic wife, Sarah? The answer lies nearly 50 years into the past as the book ranges from Prague to London, from France to a remote castle in Cornwall. At its core is an intoxicating love affair between 22-year-old James, a talented violinist and hopeless romantic, and Ella Harewood, an American heiress to an English title, trapped by her heritage and destiny. A beautifully written exploration of self-absorbed first love and its tragic consequences, The Drowning People soars beyond the highest of expectations placed upon it.
Zakup książki
The Drowning People, Richard Mason
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1999
- Oprawa
- (twarda),
- Stan książki
- Dobry
- Cena
- 17,64 zł
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- Tytuł
- The Drowning People
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Richard Mason
- Wydawca
- Michael Joseph
- Rok wydania
- 1999
- Oprawa
- twarda
- Liczba stron
- 311
- ISBN10
- 0718143655
- ISBN13
- 9780718143657
- Seria
- Tagi
- Miłość, Rodzina, Literatura współczesna, Z dreszczykiem, Morderstwa, Literatura brytyjska, Społeczeństwo, Anglia, Literatura angielska, Małżeństwo, Praga, Zdrada, Przyszłość, Intrygi, Samobójstwo, Teraźniejszość, Arystokracja & Szlachta, Kłamstwa, Zazdrość, Nienawiść, Ból, Rozpacz, Lata 90. XX wieku
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1999
- Oryginalna nazwa
- The Drowning People
- Ocena
- 3,65 z 5
- Opis
- "My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success... It was I who killed her." Thus begins the much-hyped first novel by 20-year-old Oxford undergraduate Richard Mason. Your typical murder mystery The Drowning People is not, for we are given the identity of the killer--the who --immediately. The puzzle in this introspective novel is why --why did 70-year-old James Farrell murder his aristocratic wife, Sarah? The answer lies nearly 50 years into the past as the book ranges from Prague to London, from France to a remote castle in Cornwall. At its core is an intoxicating love affair between 22-year-old James, a talented violinist and hopeless romantic, and Ella Harewood, an American heiress to an English title, trapped by her heritage and destiny. A beautifully written exploration of self-absorbed first love and its tragic consequences, The Drowning People soars beyond the highest of expectations placed upon it.