Patrick McGrath Pořadí knih

Eine junge Frau entdeckt sich selbst Eine rätselhafte Aura umgibt die schmale junge Frau, der Sidney bei einer Buchpräsentation in New York begegnet. Constance zieht ihn erotisch an und weckt seinen Beschützerinstinkt. Dass sie unter einem Trauma leidet, lässt ihn nicht unberührt. Wo bleiben echte Nähe und Liebe in ihrer Ehe, frei von Verdächtigung und Rollenzwang? In zarten Momenten deutet sich so etwas an. Virtuos lässt Patrick McGrath im Wechsel Constance und Sidney erzählen, ihre gegenseitige Wahrnehmung und die dramatischen Ereignisse in Constances Familie vor Augen führen.

It is 1975 and an old man, Francis McNulty, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, is beset with sightings in his garden of his old nemesis, General Franco. The general is in fact in Spain, on his deathbed, but Francis is deeply troubled, as is his daughter Gillian, who lives with him in Cleaver Square. Francis' account of his haunting is by turns witty, cantankerous and nostalgic. At times he drifts back to his days in Madrid, when he rescued a young girl from a burning building and brought her back to London with him. There are other, darker events from that time, involving an American surgeon called Doc Roscoe, and a brief, terrible act of betrayal. When Gillian announces her forthcoming marriage to a senior civil servant, Francis realizes he has to adapt to new circumstances and confront his past once and for all. Highly atmospheric, and powerfully dramatic, rich in pathos and humour, Last Days in Cleaver Square confirms a major storyteller at the height of his powers. '[W]onderfully sinister ... a delight ... you are in for a thrilling ride.' Spectator on The Wardrobe Mistress.

Londra, gennaio 1947. La guerra è finita da due anni e la città è in macerie. In uno degli inverni più freddi da che se ne ha memoria, anche trovare qualcosa da mettere in tavola è molto difficile. Ad abbattere ancor di più gli animi, arriva la perdita inaspettata e scioccante di uno dei più amati attori teatrali del momento: Charlie Grice muore in circostanze poco chiare, gettando la moglie Joan, donna bellissima e innamorata, che lavora come guardarobiera del teatro, in un dolore sordo e senza limiti. Controvoglia, Joan assiste con la figlia Vera alla prima replica dello spettacolo che era di suo marito, sottoponendosi al trauma di vedere un altro uomo interpretarne il ruolo. L'idea la terrorizza, ma quando l'attore appare sul palco, la vedova è sconvolta nel rendersi conto che dietro agli occhi dell'uomo brucia ardente lo spirito di Charlie. Più tardi, nel backstage, incontrando il sostituto, il suo cuore, stordito dalla gioia, ha la conferma che il suo grande amore vive nel giovane attore Daniel Francis. Ne diventa amica, lo invita a casa e comincia a donargli gli abiti del marito, sottratti al suo guardaroba. Nasce così una relazione che oscilla tra l'attrazione e l'assedio del fantasma di Charlie, che trascina Joan in un gorgo. Chiamata da una voce amata e spaventosa al tempo stesso, la donna scoprirà il terribile segreto che avvolge anche la morte di suo marito Charlie Grice: la guerra, dopotutto, non è ancora finita.

První a také jediný román, který z rozsáhlé tvorby anglického spisovatele a dramatika vstoupil do literárních dějin. Autor totiž v tomto díle přináší do romantické literatury vůbec a zejména pak do hrůzostrašného žánru anglického gotického románu v postavě mnicha novou problematiku tragédie duše. Příběh vypráví o mnichovi, který neodolá svodům Satanovým, propadne neřestným vášním tělesného chtíče a pod maskou ctihodnosti kupí pomocí kouzel jeden zločin na druhý, přičemž současně prožívá i duševní utrpení nad scestnou vášní přemáhající ctnostná předsevzetí.

Charlie Weir si guadagna da vivere affrontando i demoni altrui. Nella sua attività di psichiatra a New York ha visto ogni tipo di trauma, eppure non riesce ancora a trovare una soluzione ai propri conflitti famigliari: l'accesa rivalità con il fratello Walter, affermato pittore; il gelo nei confronti di un padre senza nerbo; il soffocante rapporto con la madre. Né ha ancora accettato, dopo sette anni, il tragico errore costato la vita alla moglie e alla figlia, che gli ha lasciato nient'altro che una solitudine consumante e una rabbia inquieta. Quando Walt presenta Nora Chiara al fratello, questi si sente attratto tanto dalla sua bellezza mozzafiato quanto dalla sua aria sofferta. Si innamorano velocemente, avidamente, ma l'idillio ha vita breve. La vulnerabilità di lei, un tempo irresistibile, comincia ad avvelenare il rapporto finché Charlie si accorge di avere accanto una paziente più che una compagna. E mentre sonda le origini del dolore di Nora Chiara, un vago ricordo comincia ad affiorare dal suo inconscio, sollevando in lui un atroce sospetto. Il nuovo viaggio di Patrick McGrath nei labirinti dell'animo umano.

"From the days of their privileged, eccentric English childhood, Jack Rathbone has always enjoyed the adoration of his sister Gin. When both attend St. Martin's School of Art in London, it is a painful wrench for Gin to watch him fall under the spell of Vera Savage, a flamboyant, not entirely clean nor sober artist from Glasgow. Jack and Vera run off to New York and, from a bruised and bereft distance, sister Gin follows the couple's progress to Port Mungo, a seedy river town in the mangrove swamps of the Gulf of Honduras. There, Jack single-mindedly devotes himself to his art, while Vera succumbs to infidelity and a chronic restlessness, which even the birth of two daughters cannot subdue." Patrick McGrath tracks these individuals across decades and continents: the latter-day Gauguin figure Jack, his buccaneering mate Vera and their two girls, Peg and Anna, cast adrift in their parents' chaos - as observed by Gin, their far from detached chronicler. It is ultimately a world of dark tropical impulses and Manhattan art-market forces, where a mysterious death is swathed in tight complicit secrecy, and the imperatives of narcissism and art hold human beings in outlandish thrall.

From the war of Independence, via the turbulence of the nineteenth century to the aftermath of 9/11: three startling visions of New York combine in a book of extraordinary scope.

From their childhood, Jack Rathbone has enjoyed the adoration of his sister Gin. When both attend art school in London, it is a painful wrench for Gin to watch Jack fall under the spell of Vera Savage, an older, flamboyant artist. Jack and Vera run off to New York within weeks and, from a bruised and bereft distance, sister Gin follows the couple's progress to Port Mungo, a river town in the swamps of the Gulf of Honduras. There, Jack devotes himself to his art, while Vera succumbs to infidelity and a chronic restlessness, which even the birth of two daughters cannot subdue. In his spellbinding narrative, Patrick McGrath tracks these individuals across decades and continents- the latter-day Gaugin figure Jack, his buccaneering mate Vera and their two girls, Peg and Anna, cast adrift in their parents' chaos -as observed by Gin, their far from detached chronicler.

TOAD -- the Tool for Oracle Application Developers -- is an enormously popular interactive environment for Oracle development and administration. It allows developers to build, test, debug, and format their code via an easy-to-use graphical user interface, available in both freeware and commercial versions. TOAD makes developers far more productive; using TOAD, you'll find that program changes that once took hours can now be completed in minutes. In addition to its development features, TOAD also provides extensive facilities for Oracle database administration. Coauthored by the TOADman and TOAD team, and Patrick McGrath of Quest Software, Inc., this pocket reference is a helpful companion for Oracle developers and DBAs. It's packed with quick-reference material: TOAD feature and menu summaries, shortcut keys, suggested changes to TOAD defaults, productivity tips and tricks, and more. The book includes concise discussions of all the basic TOAD components: the SQL Editor, Procedure Editor, Text Editor, SQL Modeler, Schema Browser, and Debugger. It also provides helpful hints on using TOAD to perform database administration and SQL tuning. Whether you're a new or experienced TOAD user, you'll find this quick reference an indispensable companion to the product and its online help files. Book jacket.

Master storyteller Patrick McGrath--author of the critically acclaimed novel Asylum and a finalist for England's prestigious Whitbread Prize for fiction--once again spins a hypnotic tale ofpsychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Peake envelops thereader in a world on the brink of revolution, and introduces us to a flame-haired heroine who will live in the imagination long after the last page is turned. Settled with our narrator beside a cracklingfire, we hear of the poet and smuggler Harry Peake--how Harry lost his wife, Grace, in a tragic fire that left him horribly disfigured; how he made a living displaying his deformed spine in the alehouses ofeighteenth-century London; and how his only solace was his devoted daughter, Martha, who inherited all of his fire but none of his passion for cheap gin. As the drink eats away at Harry's soul, it opens ancient wounds;when he commits one final act of unspeakable brutality, Martha, fearing for her life, must flee for the American colonies. Once safely on America's shores, Martha immerses herself in the passions of smoldering rebellion.But even in this land of new beginnings, she is unable to escape the past. Caught up in a web of betrayals, she redeems herself with one final, unforgettable act of courage. Superbly plotted and whollyabsorbing, Martha Peake is an edge-of-your-seat shocker that is crafted with the psychological precision Patrick McGrath's fans have come to expect. A writer whose novels "The New York Times BookReview" has called both "mesmerizing" and "brilliant," McGrath applies his remarkable imaginative powers to a fresh and broad historical canvas. Martha Peakeis the poignant, often disturbing tale of a child fighting free of a father's twisted love, and of the colonists' struggle to free themselves from a smothering homeland. It is Patrick McGrath's finest novelyet. "From the Hardcover edition."