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A Lonely Man
- Author
- Chris Power
- Narrator
- Alan Turton
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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An elegant and atmospheric twist on the cat-and-mouse narrative, A Lonely Man is a novel of shadows, of the search for identity and the elastic nature of truth.
'A remarkable debut; an accomplished and intricately plotted.'-JON McGREGOR
'A Lonely Man is a delicate snare of a novel.'-BRANDON TAYLOR
'A thrilling, unnerving novel. a page-turner with exacting syntax and emotional heft.'-CATHERINE LACEY
'Impressively deft. A Lonely Man is a tense and taut work.'-BENJAMIN MYERS
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Details
- Author
- Chris Power
- Narrator
- Alan Turton
- Duration
- 7 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781004038145
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Robert is a struggling writer living in Berlin with his wife and two young daughters. One night he meets Patrick, an enigmatic stranger with a sensational story to tell: a ghostwriter for a Russian oligarch - recently found hanged - who is now being followed. But is he really in danger? Patrick's life strikes Robert as a fabrication, but one that comes to obsess him. He decides to use the other man, and his story. . As his association with Patrick hurtles towards tragedy, Robert must decide: are actual events the only things that give a story life, and are some stories too dangerous to tell?An elegant and atmospheric twist on the cat-and-mouse narrative, A Lonely Man is a novel of shadows, of the search for identity and the elastic nature of truth.'A remarkable debut; an accomplished and intricately plotted.'-JON McGREGOR'A Lonely Man is a delicate snare of a novel.'-BRANDON TAYLOR'A thrilling, unnerving novel. a page-turner with exacting syntax and emotional heft.'-CATHERINE LACEY'Impressively deft. A Lonely Man is a tense and taut work.'-BENJAMIN MYERS
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