Lawrence Osborne

Broschiertes Buch

On Java Road

Beschreibung

Jimmy's from a rich Hong Kong family and is having an affair with Rebecca, a pro-democracy protestor. She disappears and Jimmy goes to ground, so ex-pat reporter Adrian Gyle investigates. Pursuing Rebecca's ghost to Java Road where the city's dead congregate, he re-assembles her final hours, struggling to distinguish between delusion and reality.

Autor

Born in England, Lawrence Osborne is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player, Hunters in the Dark, Beautiful Animals, Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe novel (commissioned by the Raymond Chandler estate), The Glass Kingdom and On Java Road. His non-fiction ranges from memoir through travelogue to essays, including Bangkok Days, The Naked Tourist and The Wet and the Dry. His short story 'Volcano' was selected for Best American Short Stories 2012. The Forgiven, starring Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith and Jessica Chastain was released in 2022. Osborne lives in Bangkok.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 176g
• ISBN-13: 9781529114959
• ISBN-10: 1529114950
• Artikelnr.: 66714058