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A sweeping transcontinental novel of secrets and lies buried within a single familyThirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg to find his mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral without contacting their father, Nicholas, a brilliant and manipulative libertine. Unknown to the twins, their mother had long ago abandoned a son, Arkady, a pitiless Russian predato...

A gripping story of modern-day love and old-fashioned revenge. He is not quite as clever as he thinks he is. She is smarter than she seems.

Was auf den ersten Blick aussieht wie ein abenteuerlicher Roadtrip in einem alten VW-Bus, ist in Wahrheit die letzte gemeinsame Reise einer etwas aus den Fugen geratenen Familie: Ein Vater und seine drei Söhne aus zwei verschiedenen Ehen sind auf dem Weg nach Zürich. In einer Klinik, die Sterbehilfe anbietet, will der Vater seinem Leben ein Ende setzen. Die knappe Zeit, die ihnen bleibt, lässt die Emotionen überschäumen: Sie lachen, sie streit...

Lou fährt seinen unheilbar kranken Vater Larry zu einer Klinik in Zürich - sein Vater möchte Sterbehilfe in Anspruch nehmen, was in seiner Heimat England gesetzlich verboten ist. Als nach vielen Kilometern in ihrem 80er- Jahre-VW Lous ältere Halbbrüder nach erstem Widerstand doch noch dazustoßen, deckt die Reise immer mehr innerfamiliäre Befindlichkeiten auf. Sie kämpfen, streiten, lachen, betrinken sich, philosophieren über das Leben und sich...

There is only one way in and there is only one way out: the river. One stifling afternoon, a mysterious supply boat docks at a research station deep in the jungle. To Dr Forle and his team of naturalists, its passengers are unwelcome. Ruthless, uninvited, and bringing corruption to the life of the forest, they force Forle, already a fugitive from his past, to confront his darkest impulses . . . 'An unusually intelligent thriller that refuses t...

Louis Lasker houdt zielsveel van zijn familie - de momenten dat het niet zo is daargelaten. Zijn twee halfbroers, Jack en Ralph, zijn fantastische, lastige mensen, maar heel druk met hun eigen ego's. Louis' leven staat in het teken van het verzorgen van zijn vader. Met zijn vieren ondernemen ze per busje een reis van Londen naar Zürich. Hun vader is ongeneeslijk ziek en hij wil op waardige wijze zijn leven beëindigen. In Engeland is dat bij we...

Alone in her native St Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London and New York. Her son and daughter arrive too late to see her, but the end of their mother's life marks the beginning of their own story: one of secrets, strangers, and the ultimate retelling of everything they thought they knew. 'Docx knows that what we want most from a novel are stories into which we can sink our teeth and our hearts. His ability to evoke the a...

‘An outstanding novel – tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny, even when it’s breaking your heart’Paul Murray, author of Skippy Dies‘There are books that change your life and there are books that seem to be your life, Let Go My Hand manages to be both and more. Full of shining truths, this is a stylish and properly laugh-out-loud funny book that also had me choking back tears in public – a book that breathes pathos and...

Cuando una mujer decide lo que quiere, a un hombre se le olvida lo que estaba pensando...Jasper Jackson es, además de un seductor incurable, uno de los únicos calígrafos que quedan en el mundo. Su vida transcurre entre un trabajo tranquilo y sofisticado y una interminable sucesión de conquistas.Un día la mujer de sus sueños aparece en su propio jardín y Jasper sucumbe. Lentamente empieza a darse cuenta de lo que se siente al ser la presa en lu...

A sweeping transcontinental novel of secrets and lies buried within a single familyThirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg to find his mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral without contacting their father, Nicholas, a brilliant and manipulative libertine. Unknown to the twins, their mother had long ago abandoned a son, Arkady, a pitiless Russian predato...

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‘An outstanding novel – tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny’ Paul Murray, author ofSkippy DiesLouis Lasker loves his family dearly – apart from when he doesn’t. There’s a lot of history. His father’s marriages, his mother’s death, one brother in exile, another in denial, everything said, everything unsaid. And now his father has taken a decision which threatens to blow the family apart. We join the Laskers for what m...

A modern tale of sexual mores and city life, Edward Docx's debut is a witty novel of spurned lovers, elaborately planned seduction, plotted revenge, and surprising secrets.