Джонатан Тригелл4.2 Этот печальный, во многом глубоко прочувствованный роман прекрасно улавливает различные состояния героя. Он провел большую часть своей молодой жизни в исправительных колониях за совершенное убийство. В душе героя постоянно происходит некий судебный процесс: мог ли он действительно совершить то, что он совершил? Может ли он начать все с начала, забыть свое прошлое и стать кем-нибудь еще?
Выйдя на свободу, он рассчитывает начать новую жизнь, меняет имя, и окружающие его люди до поры до времени не подозревают ничего необычного, пока не узнают, что он попытался скрыть от них свое прошлое.
Стелла Римингтон0.0 The woman who formerly headed Britain's intelligence service (and what would Ian Fleming have made of that?) comes in from the cold with a smart, clever, and brilliantly paced thriller that seems ripped from the headlines--if not today's, then
Нил Гриффитс0.0 Neil Griffith's Betrayal in Naples is a stylish and erotic literary thriller that will appeal to fans of Graham Greene.
'An edgy romance and an excellent study in paranoia' Daily Telegraph
Jim Wolf is abandoned in a Naples back street by a taxi driver. This is not what he came to the city for. But he's soon found by Louisa - an ex-lover never quite forgotten - now married to a charismatic Neapolitan judge. The three become close friends, and it's not long before Jim is closely involved in a high profile-mafia trial and once again irresistibly tempted by Louisa.
Jim is soon out of his depth, seduced by both the beauty and danger of this mysterious city, where betrayal - of a lover, of a friend, of oneself - is part of the way of life, and where, if you break the unspoken codes, a single gesture from a powerful man can condemn you.
'Shocking and compelling' Big Issue
Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award for the most promising first novel of the year.
Neil Griffith was born in 1965 and lives in London E17.He has also written for radio and film. Betrayal in Naples is his first novel.
Луи Андерсон0.0 'There are some things in life better not known - some things that should be left where they rest...'
Erin Paterson is a highly successful lawyer in Glasgow and a control-freak, ruthless negotiator and commitment-phobe.
Erin's family exist in a state of perpetual denial, so that when a secret from the past, so abominable and terrifying, slithers back to the surface, Erin is the one who has to face the threat and find the truth.
As events unravel, Erin's resolve is tested to the maximum. Can she hold onto her job - and her life, when the past crawls out of the darkness to expose a secret in the family that no one dares confront?
Уильям Ньютон0.0 "Our dream, our obsession, was to own a tram. This all started with an advertisement which showed a picture of a London tram with the words: 'Trams surplus to the requirements of the London Omnibus and Tramcar company for sale at their depot at Acton, London for £2 each.' I doubt if there was a day afterwards when the tram did not enter our conversation..."
The year was 1937, and Hitler had just walked into Austria. It was also a marvelous year for clouded yellow butterflies.
Wilfred and Duncan live in a big old house in Sussex, England. They spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of escape, and only ever see their parents on Wednesdays for lunch. When their mother elopes and their already distant father takes up with other ladies, they decide that enough is enough. And they have a plan: they will leave home, go to London, and buy a tram, decommissioned by the bus and tram company, that they have seen advertised in the paper for two pounds sterling. Soon the brothers find that their adventures have begun in earnest-as they become proprietors of an old-fashioned horse-drawn tram service, then local celebrities whose tram advertises for a seaside merchant, and finally such heroes of the war effort that they receive a visit from royalty.
Destined to become a new family classic, The Two-Pound Tram is a bittersweet testament to youth and its triumph over hardship.
