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A Lonely Man

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A New Statesman Book of the Year 2021
A Metro Book of the Year 2021
A Washington Post '10 Best Thriller and Mystery Books of 2021'


'A taut, subtle, postmodern literary thriller.' SUNDAY TIMES
'A remarkable debut; an accomplished and intricately plotted story.'-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
'A classy page-turner.' MAIL ON SUNDAY

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.

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. 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?

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571341214
SKU
9780571341214
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
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About Chris Power
Chris Power is the author of Mothers, which was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. He lives in London.

Reviews for A Lonely Man
'Chris Power's quiet yet compelling touch is reminiscent of Alice Munro and Peter Stamm.' - Yiyun Li

Goodreads reviews for A Lonely Man


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