The Other Hand by Chris Cleave
The bestselling second novel from the author of GOLD and INCENDIARY, REISSUED AS A SCEPTRE 30TH CLASSIC, with a new afterword by the author.
A powerful piece of art.. shocking, exciting and deeply affecting...[a] superb novel... Besides sharp, witty dialogue, an emotionally charged plot and the vivid characters' ethical struggles, THE OTHER HAND delivers a timely challenge to reinvigorate our notions of civilized decency. - IndependentExquisitely balanced between terrible sadness and brilliant humour. - ObserverBig themes, high emotion and cliffhangers aplenty... an enormously affecting investigation of love, guilt and global responsibility, told with a bittersweet urgency. - Justine Jordan, GuardianSearingly eloquent. - Daily MailAn ambitious and fearless gallop from the jungles of Africa via a shocking encounter on a Nigerian beach to the media offices of London and domesticity in leafy suburbia...Cleave immerses the reader in the worlds of his characters with an unshakable confidence. - Lawrence Norfolk, Guardiantotally believable... the author has a knack of explaining human suffering... I look forward to his next offering. - Daily Expressimpresses as a feat of literary engineering... the plot exerts a fearsome grip. - Daily TelegraphAn exhilarating, disturbing read. - James Urquhart, Independent (Books of the Year)
Chris Cleave's debut novel INCENDIARY was a prize-winner and international bestseller and his second novel, THE OTHER HAND has found phenomenal success both in the UK and abroad, hitting number one on the New York Times bestseller list. He is married with three children, and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames. He keeps a website at www.chriscleave.com and can be found on twitter.com/chriscleave.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473639072 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473639077 |
| Title | The Other Hand |
| Author | Chris Cleave |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2016-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Costa Prize: Novel 2008 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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