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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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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2000
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- Titel
- The Drowning People
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Richard Podaný
- Uitgever
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2000
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 384
- ISBN10
- 014029211X
- ISBN13
- 9780140292114
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Detectives & Thriller, Romantiek, Thrillers, Hedendaagse literatuur, Liefde, Familie, Spanning, Hedendaagse romance, Britse Literatuur, Moorden, Samenleving, Engeland, Engelse literatuur, Matrimonium, Praag, Verraad, Intriges, Toekomst, Zelfmoord, Hedendaags, Jaloezie, Leugens, Aristocratie, adel, Haat, Pijn, Wanhoop, Jaren '90 van de 20e Eeuw
- Eerste editie
- 1999
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The Drowning People
- Beoordeling
- 3,65 van 5
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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.