Throw Me to the Wolves
Patrick McGuinness
"A significant literary achievement that also happens to be a terrific page-turner."- Jonathan Lee
"Elegantly written, darkly entertaining."- John Banville
"An extraordinary writer of great compassion . . . Stunning."- Denise Mina
In the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and a neighbor, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner-intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes-he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.
In custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the circumspect Ander, and his workaday foil, Gary. Ander is particularly watchful now, because the man across the table is someone he knows-someone he hasn't seen in nearly thirty years. Determined to salvage the truth as ex-pupils and colleagues line up against the accused, he must face a story from decades back, from his own time as a Chapleton student, at...
"Elegantly written, darkly entertaining."- John Banville
"An extraordinary writer of great compassion . . . Stunning."- Denise Mina
In the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and a neighbor, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner-intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes-he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.
In custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the circumspect Ander, and his workaday foil, Gary. Ander is particularly watchful now, because the man across the table is someone he knows-someone he hasn't seen in nearly thirty years. Determined to salvage the truth as ex-pupils and colleagues line up against the accused, he must face a story from decades back, from his own time as a Chapleton student, at...
年:
2019
出版社:
Bloomsbury Publishing
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
1620401525
ISBN 13:
9781620401521
文件:
EPUB, 3.26 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2019
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