Ben Fergusson Livres
Ben Fergusson élabore des récits captivants qui explorent les complexités de la nature humaine et des dynamiques sociales. Son écriture se distingue par des personnages méticuleusement développés et des explorations perspicaces de leurs motivations et de leurs émotions. Fergusson aborde fréquemment des thèmes tels que l'identité, la mémoire et la quête de sens dans des circonstances ambiguës. Ses œuvres sont célébrées pour leur profondeur littéraire et leur capacité à susciter de fortes réactions chez les lecteurs.
Gripping historical fiction from the prize-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier
A story of adoption, queer parenting and gender expectations around family roles.
"For eighteen-year-old Ralf living in West Berlin, the summer of 1989 opens up a whole new world. He and his three best friends have finished school for ever and are living in a golden few months before the next stage of their adult life begins. But the old tensions of East and West come closer to home when Ralf makes some unsettling discoveries about his mother, alongside confronting his own sexuality. Forced to make choices about which side he is on, Ralf becomes caught up in a web of lies, deceit and confusion. Who can he really trust?"--Provided by publisher.
Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period. Berlin, 1946. Everything is in short supply. Including the truth. The war is over, but Berlin is a desolate sea of rubble. There is a shortage of everything: food, clothing, tobacco. The local population is scrabbling to get by. Kasper Meier is one of these Germans, and his solution is to trade on the black market to feed himself and his elderly father. He can find anything that people need, for the right price. Even other people. When a young woman, Eva, arrives at Kasper's door seeking the whereabouts of a British pilot, he feels a reluctant sympathy for her but won't interfere in military affairs. But Eva is prepared for this. Kasper has secrets, she knows them, and she'll use them to get what she wants. As the threats against him mount, Kasper is drawn into a world of intrigue he could never have anticipated. Why is Eva so insistent that he find the pilot? Who is the shadowy Frau Beckmann and what is her hold over Eva? Under constant surveillance, Kasper navigates the dangerous streets and secrets of a city still reeling from the horrors of war and defeat. As a net of deceit, lies and betrayal falls around him, Kasper begins to understand that the seemingly random killings of members of the occupying forces are connected to his own situation. He must work out who is behind Eva's demands, and why - while at the same time trying to save himself, his father and Eva.
