White Ghosts - Brossura

Rhode, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743220706 ISBN 13: 9780743220705

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2004

Riassunto

When Michael receives a distress call from Sean, he drops everything to get on the first plane to Hong Kong. Frustrated with post-University life in London, he relishes the prospect of joining an exclusive community of young, overpaid expatriates amid the glamorous skyscrapers of the Far East, and, of course, rescuing his heartbroken best mate. But Michael soon realizes that the alluring veneer of Hong Kong holds a dark side. His so-called friends are taking recreational indulgence to the extreme, milking the time and the place for every last drop of colonial excess. With the Handover to Chinese rule looming, Michael finds that it's no easy feat to fit in. And he still has feelings for Candy, Sean's beautiful Eurasian girlfriend. And then the deaths start happening. When Candy goes missing, Michael fears he knows the truth. After all, he knows all about his best friend Sean -- the porn, the prostitutes, the drugs, the depression and, most important of all, the terrible secret they share from school...

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Recensione:

'A taut thriller set in Hong Kong... what is most impressive is the way Rhode handles the staples of lad mag literature - pornography, foreign travel, money - keeping the content extremely dark without ever tipping over into misogyny. Well-written with a neatly constructed narrative. Following Paperback Raita, Rhode is establishing himself as a trustworthy author of exciting international thrillers, mordant holiday entertainment for the discerning reader' MATT THORNE DAILY EXPRESS
'There's an air of menace to Rhode's second novel, which builds to a fever pitch in the murderous final stages. And even as the bodies rack up, you'll still be dizzy from the sheer verve of this paean to male friendship'
Metro
'WHITE GHOSTS is even more extreme [than PAPERBACK RAITA], focusing on porn, prostitution and serious recreational drug-abuse in a very exotic and erotic pre-handover Hong Kong. It's sure to provide Rhode with the attention he deserves'. ESQUIRE August 05
'Rhode's second novel takes in the shady glamour of Hong Kong just before the handover and revolves around three friends enjoying too much money and too much sex before one of them disappears. Then the violence begins' ESQUIRE
'This excellent novel is a tightly plotted suspense thriller, with perfectly drawn characters and settings. The story starts strongly and soon has you hooked with an underlying sense of unease that runs throughout the novel' WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY
'Not for the faint-hearted, but dizzyingly compulsive' COSMOPOLITAN
'Very exotic and erotic, pre-handover Hong Kong. It's sure to provide Rhode with the attention he deserves' ESQUIRE Aug 05

L'autore:

Born in London, William Rhode has worked for Reuters in India, made films in Thailand, and worked in Hong Kong as a financial journalist. After working for a while as the editor for the financial magazine RISK in New York, he finally plucked up the courage to quit his job in pursuit of his dream to write a novel. He lives in New York with his wife and son.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0743220706
• ISBN 13: 9780743220705
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400