Canarino by Katherine Bucknell

Canarino by Katherine Bucknell

This remarkable debut novel is a vibrant tale of beauty and passion, stalked by desolation. Katherine Bucknell captures the tragedy of a marriage on the brink with extraordinary delicacy and insight and draws us into a compelling world glittering with wealth and social prestige. David is an investment banker; Elizabeth, his wife, is a woman of peerless beauty and refinement. They have two children; their marriage seems perfect. Why does she want him to retire and move home to America? One summer evening David, alone in their empty mansion, receives a phone call from a long-lost friend. So begins a tale about friendship, marriage and betrayal that is filled with unexpected reversals. Canarino is a portrait of intimate relationships set in a world of privilege and achievement. Its characters possess personal gifts in dazzling abundance, yet their appetites to succeed, to be exceptional, tempt them to risk everything. How can we recognise love and friendship? Which are the bonds that bind people longest? What is the cost for the heart of seeking perfection? Like the drink of the title - boiling water over a twist of lemon peel - the prose has a sharp, delicate clarity. Beneath its polished surface lie psychological depths both uncanny and haunting. Canarino is a novel that lingers in the mind, long after the final page has been turned.

'Narrative skill, psychological complexity, a monstrous character - I loved this book' Alice Thomas Ellis

Katherine Bucknell is a journalist and the editor of the Isherwood Diaries. This is her first novel.

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ISBN 13	9780007178650
ISBN 10	0007178654
Titel	Canarino
Autor	Katherine Bucknell
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-06-16
Seitenanzahl	352
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