The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
What should you do if the world has turned against you? When Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man at Larkwood Priory, his response, to claim sanctuary, is to have greater resonance than he could ever have imagined. For that evening the old man returns, demanding the protection of the church. His name is Eduard Schwermann and he is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal. With her life running out, Agnes Aubret feels it is time to unburden to her granddaughter Lucy the secrets she has been carrying for so long. Fifty years earlier, Agnes had been living in Occupied Paris, a member of a small group risking their lives to smuggle Jewish children to safety - until they were exposed by a young SS Officer: Eduard Schwermann. As Anselm attempts to uncover Schwermann's past, and as Lucy's search into her grandmother's history continues, their investigations dovetail to reveal a remarkable story.
This is a remarkable novel, and puts Brodrick in the frame for prize-winning John Dugdale, Sunday TIMES It is a wonderful book, it has a timeless quality and really should go on to become a classicIt reminds me of the early works of John le Carre, but captures much more accurately the internal workings of ordinary people, and shows how, just by bumping Paul Britton, author of THE JIGSAW MAN The Sixth Lamentation is a meticulously-plotted, cat's cradle of a mystery with the interwoven stories pulled as taut as a piano-wire. The setting of Paris during the war is invoked to chilling effect. William Brodrick has written the first of what I hope will be a series of especially literate thrillers Martha Grimes It's indeed rare to find such a masterful blending of sharp suspense and literary resonance as we see in THE SIXTH LAMENTATION. Brodrick has produced a truly compelling novel Jeffery Deaver, author of THE VANISHED MAN and THE STONE MONKEY
William Brodrick was in religious life but left before his final vows. He worked with homeless people and then became a barrister. This is his first novel and Agnes's story is loosely based on a journal written by his mother.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751535815 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751535818 |
| Title | The Sixth Lamentation |
| Author | William Brodrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2004-04-29 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for McKitterick Prize 2004, Short-listed for British Book Award 2005, Long-listed for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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