Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband Edward Sheffield. One day, comfortable in her home, and her second marriage, she receives, entirely out of the blue, a parcel containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of his character Tony Hastings. And as we read with her, so are we. Tony&Susan is a dazzling achievement: simultaneously a riveting portrayal of the experience of reading and a page-turning thriller, written in startlingly arresting prose. It is also a novel about fear and regret, revenge and aging, marriage and creativity. It is simply unique.
'With its trapdoor narrative and its psychological sleight-of-hand, this is a novel of immense guile and unsettling velocityWhy Wright isn't better known is a mystery to me. He's brilliant.' Rupert Thomson 'I read the book when I was 14, which is perhaps a little too young, but it had a profound effect on me and I've always been sad that it was rather lost to obscurity. I am thrilled to now be given the opportunity to sell it to a new audience and see it get the recognition it deserves.' Julia Kingsford, Head of Marketing, Foyles 'Marvellously written - the last thing you would expect in a story of blood and revenge. Beautiful.' Saul Bellow 'Creepy, illuminating, quite wonderful.' Donna Leon 'Compelling - Mesmerizing - Absolutely irresistible.' New York Times 'Brilliantly original - Two thrillers in one...and each infinitely superior to most thrillers, because they play for keeps - Read it at your peril - in daylight, preferably.' Chicago Tribune
Austin M. Wright was born in New York in 1922. He was a novelist and academic. He lived with his wife and daughters in Cincinnati, and died in 2003 at the age of eighty.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848870208 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848870205 |
| Title | Tony and Susan |
| Author | Austin Wright |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2010-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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