Family Secrets by Derek Malcolm
Lights go off. At a prominent showroom in downtown Bangalore. A pregnant woman swoons. Glittering crystals disperse. Chaos reigns. Siddhartha, English teacher-turned-conman, pulls off a diamond heist. With unconditional support from his theatre-artiste wife. Abhimanyu, the authoritarian business baron, retaliates. With a policy master stroke that will push Siddhartha into financial jeopardy. And renew Siddhartha's streak to wreak vengeance. A devious plot unfolds. Involving the royal heirloom belonging to Abhimanyu. Provoked beyond limits, Abhimanyu pulls out all the stops. Even as he confronts the identity conflicts of a hitherto unknown son that has appeared. Stage-managed bank deposits. Orchestrated raid. A hostile alliance. Until he faces a sordid truth revealed by the blue-blooded mother he worships. How does this dynastic drama play out?
'Some people's secrets should never be toldThe secret, though, that surrounded my parents' unhappy life together, was divulged to me by accident...'
Derek Malcolm was chief film critic of the Guardian for thirty years and still writes for the paper. Educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford, he became first a steeplechase rider and then an actor after leaving university. He became a journalist in the sixties joining the Guardian, where he was a features sub-editor and writer, racing correspondent and finally film critic. He directed the London Film Festival for a spell in the 80s and is now President of both the International Film Critics Association and the British Federation of Film Societies. He is a frequent broadcaster on radio and television and a veteran of film festival juries all over the world. His most recent book was A Century of Cinema (2000). He lives in Deal, Kent, with his wife but also has a flat in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091794200 |
| ISBN 10 | 009179420X |
| Title | Family Secrets |
| Author | Derek Malcolm |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2003-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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