Una mañana de invierno, Lorimer Black, apuesto, elegante, discreto, acude a una cita de trabajo y encuentra a un hombre ahorcado. A partir de este presagio ominoso, todas sus certidumbres, tan concienzudamente labradas, comienzan a desvanecerse y el orden calculado por el que se regía se quiebra irremediablemente, desbaratando cualquier previsión. Una sátira y una reflexión sobre la importancia decisiva de las apariencias, un personaje exquisito que lidia en un mundo de malvados. Armadillo es una divertida, disparatada y entretenida novela sobre el absurdo de la vida en una gran metrópoli como Londres, donde acontecimientos sorprendentes pueden volver del revés hasta la existencia más aburrida.
Dans la station balnéaire de Brighton, l'histoire de trois personnages réunis pour les besoins d'un film. Talbot Kydd, producteur chevronné, affronte des complications. Anny Viklund, actrice, suscite l'interªt de la CIA quand son ex-mari, terroriste en cavale, reapparat. Elfrida Wigg, la femme du realisateur, a connu la gloire avec un premier roman mais ne parvient pas a ecrire le suivant.
When he is hired as the personal piano tuner for a brilliant pianist, Brodie Moncur suddenly finds himself swept up into a life of luxury that he could never have imagined. But while accompanying his new employer on tours from Paris to St. Petersburg, Brodie falls madly in love with the Russian soprano Lika Blum: beautiful, worldly, seductiveand forbidden. Though seemingly doomed from the start, Brodies passion for Lika only grows as their lives become increasingly more intertwined, more secretive, and, finally, more dangerous. A tale of dizzying passion and brutal revenge; of artistic endeavor and the illusions it can create; of the possibilities that life offers and the cruel speed with which they can be snatched away, Love Is Blind is a dazzling work of historical fiction that unfolds across fin de siecle Europe.
A Morgan Leafy se le acumulan los problemas. Un político le chantajea, sus planes para amañar las elecciones han fracasado y se está gestando un golpe. Su amante le engaña y la hija de su jefa, objeto de su pasion, acaba de anunciar su compromiso con su mas odiado rival. Es mas, el padre de la chica amenaza con despedirlo a menos que se deshaga de un cadaver que, segun creencias locales, debe dejarse pudrir al sol africano.
The dazzling new book from one of Britain's best-selling novelists.A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunion to lovelorn first encounter. And, at the heart of the book, a 24-year old young woman, Bethany Mellmoth, embarks on a year-long journey of wishful and tentative self-discovery.The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth depicts the random encounters that bring the past bubbling to the surface; the impulsive decisions that irrevocably shape a life; and the endless hesitations and loss-of-nerve that wickedly complicate it. These funny, surprising and moving stories are a resounding confirmation of Boyd's powers as one of our most original and compelling storytellers.
