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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.
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The Drowning People, Richard Podaný
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2000
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- The Drowning People
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Richard Podaný
- Éditeur
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publié
- 2000
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 014029211X
- ISBN13
- 9780140292114
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Amour, Famille, Littérature contemporaine, Suspense, Meurtres, Littérature britannique, Société, Angleterre, Littérature anglaise, Mariage, Prague, Trahison, Futur, Intrigues, Suicide, Contemporain, Aristocratie, noblesse, Mensonges, Jalousie, Haine, Douleur, Désespoir, Années 90 du XXe siècle
- Première publication
- 1999
- Titre original
- The Drowning People
- Évaluation
- 3,65 sur 5
- Description
- "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.