Douglas Kennedy

The Big Picture

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Produktbeschreibung

A fiendishly clever, yet serious tale of middle-class frustration that will touch anyone who has ever wanted to escape their life. The Thriller goes into a new domain - The Real World.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abacus
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 127mm x 194mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780349117386
• ISBN-10: 0349117381
• Artikelnr.: 20822698

Autorenporträt

Douglas Kennedy's previous twelve novels include the critically acclaimed bestsellersThe Big Picture, The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship and The Moment. He is also the author of three highly-praised travel books. The Big Picture was filmed with Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve; The Woman in the Fifth with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas. His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. In 2007 he was awarded the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2009 the inaugural Grand Prix de Figaro. Born in Manhattan in 1955, he has two children and currently divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin, Maine and New York.

Rezensionen

This astonishingly assured first novel, by an American working in London as a journalist, has a breathless readability that is rare...The book is more than just a compelling read: it also has poignant and moving things to say about lost opportunities and wasted lives in America, the cynical quality of sudden fame, the awfulness of willed separation from deeply loved children Publishers Weekly, starred review