Exposure by Talitha Stevenson
Alistair Langford, a high-powered lawyer, has at long last achieved 'almost all' his immense ambitions. But in the course of just one evening, he recklessly destroys it all. The scandal threatens his marriage and his family and even his own identity. Quite suddenly a secret he has kept hidden all his adult life is exposed. Meanwhile his son Luke is obsessed with a beautiful actress and refuses to believe that love has ended. His ideals in tatters, he seeks a kind of redemption by helping two Kosovan asylum seekers. But illegal night shifts merge uneasily with the parties of the young and wealthy and the collision of the two worlds proves dangerous. Desperate and in the unlikely possession of a gun, Luke is being led down a dark and violent path. Talitha Stevenson's second novel is a highly suspenseful story about sexual obsession, identity and the dangers of self-deceit. An exploration of the nature of love - in long married couples, the young, parents, between siblings and friends - it is also a morality tale for our times by one of the finest young writers at work today.
'A rich, deep and mesmerizing novel that simultaneously projects a sense of casual grace and of inexorability.. Stevenson has an incredible talent; she writes like a very old soul, with an exquisitely-tuned Catholic sensitivity to sin, guilt and sexual obsession' Jay McInerney
Talitha Stevenson's first novel, An Empty Room, was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award 2003, the Best First Book Award in the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia region), and the Pendleton May First Novel Award. She lives in London.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860499869 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860499864 |
| Title | Exposure |
| Author | Talitha Stevenson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2005-03-24 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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