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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
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- Rok vydání
- 2000
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- Titul
- The Drowning People
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Richard Podaný
- Vydavatel
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Rok vydání
- 2000
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 384
- ISBN10
- 014029211X
- ISBN13
- 9780140292114
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Detektivky & Thriller, Romantika, Láska, Thrillery, Rodina, Současná literatura, Napětí, Současná romantika, Vraždy, Britská literatura, Anglie, Společnost, Anglická literatura, Manželství, Praha, Zrada, Intriky, Budoucnost, Sebevražda, Současnost, Aristokracie, šlechta, Lhaní, Žárlivost, Nenávist, Bolest, Zoufalství, 90. léta 20. století
- První vydání
- 1999
- Původní název
- The Drowning People
- Hodnocení
- 3,65 z 5
- Anotace
- "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.