Stephen é um simpático autor de livros infantis que vê a sua vida ser subitamente destruída ao perder a filha de três anos numa fila de supermercado. Durante muito tempo, Stephen vai procurar o rosto da criança em todas as crianças que vê na rua, recapitulando todos os detalhes que antecederam a tragédia. Numa …
The Booker Prize-winning contemporary morality tale—cleverly disguised as a comic novel—from the acclaimed author of Atonement. On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's …
General FictionLarge Print Edition*A Quality Paperback Book Club SelectionA sad, chilling, precise exploration of deranged love. starred, Kirkus ReviewsWill keep readers hooked. starred, Publishers WeeklyThe calm, organized life of Joe Rose is shattered one day when Joe takes part in a rescue effort to save a child in …
As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though someone is waiting for them who cares deeply about how they appear. When they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell, they become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.
Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend how their deep love …