Издания и произведения

"Звонок из прошлого" - это забавная и печальная история, перерастающая к концу в непредсказуемый триллер. Блистательный юмор, напряженная драма повествования, живые персонажи и точная социальная сатира придают роману Б. Элтона особую привлекательность.

It's 2:15 A.M. and the phone is ringing. Jolted awake, Polly stares wide-eyed at it. She is certain it must be bad news because no one with good news calls at that hour. A wrong number, maybe. But more likely it's the Bug, the stalker who has been harassing her for ages. But as Polly reaches for the phone, the one thing she cannot imagine, the one thing she doesn't remotely expect, is the voice on the other end of the line. Her very own blast from the past.. ""Don't freak out," the voice says. "It's Jack." And so begins a steamy two-in-the-morning stroll down memory lane. Sixteen years ago Polly Slade collided with an American…

It's two fifteen a.m., you're in bed alone and you're woken by the phone. Your eyes are wide and your body tense before it has completed so much as a single ring. And as you wake, in the tiny moment between sleep and consciousness, you know already that something is wrong. Only someone bad would call at such an hour. Or someone good, but with bad news, which would probably be worse. You lie there in the darkness and wait for the answer machine to kick in. Your own voice sounds strange as it tells you that nobody is there but that a message can be left. You feel your heart beat. You listen. And then you hear the one voice in the world you…

Высокопоставленный американский генерал поручает своему подчиненному найти в Англии свою старую знакомую, бывшую хиппи, которую он не видел 13 лет и знал раньше под именем Полли Священный цикл матки и Луны.