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Three
- Author
- D. A. Mishani
- Narrator
- Lucy Paterson
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 18 August 2020
- Run Time
- 7 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
*TRANSLATED BY MAN BOOKER WINNER JESSICA COHEN*
Three tells the stories of three women: Orna, a divorced single-mother looking for a new relationship; Emilia, a Latvian immigrant on a spiritual search; and Ella, married and mother of three, returning to University to write her thesis. All of them will meet the same man. His name is Gil. He won't tell them the whole truth about himself - but they don't tell him everything either.
Tense, twisted and surprising, Three is a daring new form of psychological thriller. It is a declaration of war against the normalisation of death and violence. Slowly but surely, you see the danger each woman walks into. What you won't see is the trap being laid - until it snaps shut.
(P) 2020 Quercus Editions Limited
Critics Review
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The architecture of Mishani's new book is meticulously crafted, the tension builds up step by step as a result of the fatal choices the protagonists make. With huge talent Mishani shows the normality of everyday life in Israel as a fertile ground for pure evil . . . A sophisticated literary machine, Three is a work written like a Shakespearean play . . . I believe it'll be remembered as a work that heralded a new-wave in Israeli fiction just as My Michael by Amos Oz did a few decades ago
Haaretz, Israel
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Dror Mishani writes with profound originality
Henning Mankell
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Dror Mishani has reached the world league of crime fiction
Die Zeit, Germany
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Dror Mishani marvellously handles the art of suspense
Les Echos, France
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Dror Mishani is one of the greatest new writers in the genre
Politiken, Denmark
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A psychological drama that goes far beyond the standard thriller plot
Wprost, Poland
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Three is an outstanding thriller. From the first page, Mishani's addictive prose begins its work, drawing you into a devious plot where life, fate and murder intertwine. A steady hand, immersive writing and masterful storytelling. This is suspense at its best
Too Close to Breathe
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Superb, the way darkness snakes its way into these apparently humdrum lives. A book with killer twists that are impossible to see coming, but utterly convincing.The pay-off for the reader is fantastic
Deadland
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In three parts, there are very effectful plot twists just when you expect them least.Psychologically sophisticated suspense and three touching and subtle portraits of women
BuchKultur
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I was nailed to this story. In serene, almost transparent prose Mishani leads us into a devilish underworld of other minds, where real and imaginary collide and answers cannot be guessed but we desperately want them, right to the end. Riveting and masterly
Larchfield
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A masterpiece that - on quiet paws - evokes more insight than some of the many editorials
WDR Radio, BOOK OF THE WEEK
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Dror Mishani is the undisputable spiritual heir to George Simenon
Le Monde
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The characters and mood of this intriguing page-turner remain with the reader long after the last page.
The Lady
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an utterly convincing and utterly compelling exercise in Highsmithian horror
The Times
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A Tel-Aviv-set psychological thriller . . . with surprise after surprise stored up its clever sleeve, Dror Mishani's stand-alone serial killer tale . . . with a difference evokes both Patricia Highsmith and the quiet desperation of some of Simenon's non-Maigret novels
Crime Time
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Details
- Author
- D. A. Mishani
- Narrator
- Lucy Paterson
- Duration
- 7 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529400113
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
A dark psychological thriller with a killer twist, that has topped the bestseller charts in its native Israel*TRANSLATED BY MAN BOOKER WINNER JESSICA COHEN*Three tells the stories of three women: Orna, a divorced single-mother looking for a new relationship; Emilia, a Latvian immigrant on a spiritual search; and Ella, married and mother of three, returning to University to write her thesis. All of them will meet the same man. His name is Gil. He won't tell them the whole truth about himself - but they don't tell him everything either. Tense, twisted and surprising, Three is a daring new form of psychological thriller. It is a declaration of war against the normalisation of death and violence. Slowly but surely, you see the danger each woman walks into. What you won't see is the trap being laid - until it snaps shut.(P) 2020 Quercus Editions Limited
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