Sách - On Java Road - 'The bastard child of Graham Greene and Patricia Highs by Lawrence Osborne (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Vintage Publishing Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781529114959 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 240 Dimensons: 129 x 198 x 23 | 172 (gram) ---------------------------------------- A veteran British journalist living in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protestor amidst the pro-democracy demonstrations in this unsettling new novel from the acclaimed author of The ForgivenAfter twenty years as an ex-pat reporter in Hong Kong, Adrian Gyle has almost nothing to show for it. But now the streets are choked with students demanding democratic freedoms, and the old world is beginning to fall apart.Adrian''s old friend Jimmy Tang, the scion of a wealthy Hong Kong family, has begun a reckless affair with Rebecca, a leading pro-democracy protestor. But when Rebecca disappears and Jimmy goes to ground, Adrian unearths the familiar old urge to investigate. Pursuing Rebecca''s ghost to Java Road where the city''s dead congregate, Adrian re-assembles her final hours - as he struggles to distinguish between delusion and reality.''Osborne''s whodunnit is wrapped in an atmospheric portrait both of a particular place and time, and of the creation and destruction of a friendship. Highly recommended'' GUARDIAN''Osborne goes from strength to strength'' LIONEL SHRIVER''Osborne handles surface and depth with immense skill, as only great writers can'' DEBORAH LEVY, FINANCIAL TIMES''If the purpose of a novel is to take you away from the everyday and show you something different, then Osborne is succeeding, and handsomely'' LEE CHILD, NEW YORK TIMES Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....