Absolution by Patrick Flanery
In her garden, ensconced in the lush vegetation of the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, mother, critic, takes up her pen and confronts her life. Sam Leroux has returned to South Africa to embark upon a project that will establish his reputation - he is to write Clare's biography. But how honest is she prepared to be? Was she complicit in crimes lurking in South Africa's past; is she an accomplice or a victim? Are her crimes against her family real or imagined? In the stories she weaves and the truth just below the surface of her shimmering prose, lie Sam's own ghosts.Absolution is a bold calling card from a major new writer
* Independent on Sunday, 'Books of the Year' *Patrick Flanery is an exceptionally gifted novelist, and he is just getting started -- Philip Gourevitch * New Yorker *
Flanery's portrayal of South Africa is explosively powerful.. An exceptionally intelligent, multi-layered novel encompassing politics, history, a gripping storyline and complex characters. It has absorbing depictions of grief, guilt, parenthood and sibling rivalry, and is beautifully written... Absolution is an exceptional book. * Independent *
A taut literary thriller set in South Africa... A very clever, beautifully written book where the reader is constantly adjusting to nothing being as it seems. * Daily Mail *
Compelling... At times, Flanery's prose evokes Graham Greene... A literary thriller whose writing is consistently first class. * Observer *
Gripping... The prose surges with enjoyable debate about the slipperiness of truth, the nature of forgiveness... Impressive * Sunday Telegraph *
Patrick Flanery was born in California in 1975 and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. After earning a BFA in Film from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts he worked for three years in the film industry before moving to the UK, where he completed a doctorate in Twentieth-Century English Literature at the University of Oxford. As well as publishing scholarly articles on British and South African literature and film in a number of academic journals, he has written for Slightly Foxed and The Times Literary Supplement. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857892027 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857892029 |
| Title | Absolution |
| Author | Patrick Flanery |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2013-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of SPEAR'S FIRST BEST BOOK AWARD 2012 (UK), Short-listed for IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2014 (UK), Long-listed for DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2012 (UK), Long-listed for GUARDIAN BOOK AWARD 2012 (UK), Long-listed for GREEN CARNATION PRIZE 2012 (UK) |
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