The Amethysts - Brossura

Delaney, Frank

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ISBN 10: 000649952X ISBN 13: 9780006499527

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1998

Riassunto

A psychological thriller of unremitting power – in theme unlike anything Frank Delaney has written before – the spellbinding tale of modern murders that lead back fifty years to forgotten Nazi atrocities.

Nicholas Newman, a fashionable English architect, is deep in confused mourning for his murdered lover Madeleine when a series of unexplained attacks almost kills him. In his hospital bed, he is approached by Lukas Waterman, Madeleine’s secret protector, who hands him a document chronicling a forgotten Nazi project, the Family Institute – and forces him to relive the horrors of a psychological experiment in which Jewish families, including Madeleine’s, were destroyed from the inside.

As Newman is caught up in the increasingly violent events surrounding the few survivors – known as the Amethysts – he begins an odyssey of terror and self-discovery that may ultimately lead to redemption... or death.

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Recensione:

‘A compelling novel written with pace, verve and imagination... Without doubt Frank Delaney’s best.’
Mail on Sunday

‘The mix of John Fowles-cum-Ian McEwan turns flammable.’
Guardian

‘Powerful, almost poetic... always intense, emotional and uninhibited. This novel may prove unforgettable.’
Sunday Telegraph

‘Unusually sophisticated, elegantly written, compellingly plotted.’
Sunday Times

‘Inescapably gripping and sinisterly erotic... The Amethysts is taut, tense and full of threatening emotional power.’
Daily Telegraph

‘Brilliant!’
LEN DEIGHTON
‘Mesmerising!’
LIONEL DAVIDSON

L'autore:

Novelist, broadcaster and freelance journalist Frank Delaney was born in the south of Ireland in 1942. His radio programmes have included Bookshelf and the language series Word of Mouth on Radio 4; on television, arts and history documentaries for the BBC, including The Celts, and the Book Show on Sky News. He has also written non-fiction works on James Joyce, John Betjeman, Boswell and Johnson. The Amethysts is his fourth full-length novel.

‘A wonderful writer’ The Times

‘A superb storyteller’ Sunday Express

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 000649952X
• ISBN 13: 9780006499527
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 496