The Face by Phil Whitaker

The Face by Phil Whitaker

When Ray Arthur, a retired detective, is killed mysteriously in a road accident, his daughter Zoë is shattered. Her need to understand his life, and the circumstances of his death, sends her home to the town in which she grew up. She tracks down Declan, a former police artist and a one-time friend of her father's. Through their fraught encounters, a terrible picture of guilt and betrayal emerges. With forensic skill, Phil Whitaker peels back the layers of distortion and family myth to expose the truth about Ray Arthur's friendship with Declan and their secret collaboration over a dreadful crime against a young girl. A dark portrayal of the sexual chemistry within families, The Face is a deeply grown-up novel that lives in the imagination long after the final page. Its compellingportrayals of public and private lives ask fundamental questions about guilt and innocence, flesh and blood, and whether we can ever truly know another person.

This prize-winning author's third novel is an ingenious and disturbing literary thrillerThe Face is a gripping novel about guilt and innocence, flesh and blood, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing another person.

Phil Whitaker ('an intelligent, sympathetic and eloquent writer' Sunday Telegraph) is the author of two previous novels. Eclipse of the Sun won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award. Triangulation was joint winner of the Encore Award for best second novel. He lives in Oxford with his wife and children, and divides his time between writing and his work as a forensic medical examiner and GP.

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ISBN 13	9781843540205
ISBN 10	1843540207
Title	The Face
Author	Phil Whitaker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2002-06-27
Number of pages	256
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