A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy
Sally Goodchild is everything you'd expect of a thirty-seven year old American journalist - independent, strong-willed and ambitious. That is until she meets Tony Hobbs, an English foreign correspondent, on assignment in Cairo.
As it gathered pace.. I found my heart beating faster. I cannot remember a more compulsive book... I am bowled over by the art of the novelist * Daily Telegraph *
Kennedy knows how to keep the pages turning...A pacy, absorbing and intelligent story * Elizabeth Buchan, The Times *
Excellent ... The pace is thriller-like, so cancel all engagements for the duration * Good Housekeeping *
Writing in the first person as a woman, [Kennedy] pulls off a bold imaginative transformation that I find enthralling and persuasive * Jonathan Raban *
His impressive achievement is... his narrator Sally, whose turbulent emotions he conveys with an unusual depth of understanding * Times Literary Supplement *
Kennedy knows how to keep the pages turning...A pacy, absorbing and intelligent story * Elizabeth Buchan, The Times *
Excellent ... The pace is thriller-like, so cancel all engagements for the duration * Good Housekeeping *
Writing in the first person as a woman, [Kennedy] pulls off a bold imaginative transformation that I find enthralling and persuasive * Jonathan Raban *
His impressive achievement is... his narrator Sally, whose turbulent emotions he conveys with an unusual depth of understanding * Times Literary Supplement *
Douglas Kennedy's previous twelve novels include the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Big Picture, The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship and The Moment. He is also the author of three highly-praised travel books. The Big Picture was filmed with Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve; The Woman in the Fifth with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas.
His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. In 2007 he was awarded the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2009 the inaugural Grand Prix de Figaro. Born in Manhattan in 1955, he has two children and currently divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin, Maine and New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099415381 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099415380 |
| Title | A Special Relationship |
| Author | Douglas Kennedy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2004-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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