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Christine Mangan
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Tanger, 1956. Alice Shipley n'y arrive pas. Cette violence palpable, ces rues surpeuplées, cette chaleur constante : à croire que la ville la rejette, lui veut du mal. L'arrivée de son ancienne colocataire, Lucy, transforme son quotidien mortifère. Ses journées ne se résument plus à attendre le retour de son mari, John. Son amie lui donne la force d'affronter la ville, de sortir de son isolement. Puis advient ce glissement, lent, insidieux.
La joie des retrouvailles fait place à une sensation d'étouffement, à la certitude d'être observée. La bienveillance de Lucy, sa propre lucidité, tout semble soudain si fragile... quand soudain John disparaît.
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In her taut and mesmerizing follow up to Tangerine , the preternaturally gifted Christine Mangan plunges us into another exotic and bewitchingly rendered locale, this time Venice off-season, moody and damp, where well-known novelist Frankie Croy has gone to escape dark memories. Instead, a surprise entanglement with a mysterious young woman sets Frankie on edge, threatening to unravel her already precarious mental state. Voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn, Palace of the Drowned more than delivers on the promise of Mangan''s debut, and firmly establishes her as a writer of consequence>
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With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense.
'Reads as if Jean Rhys and Patricia Highsmith collaborated on a script for Alfred Hitchcock; it is an elegant, delirious fever dream of a book.' The Irish Times
Meet Henri and Louise. Two strangers, travelling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul.
Except this isn't the first time they have met.
It's the 1960s, and Louise is running.
From her past in England, from the owners of the money she has stolen-and from Henri, the person who has been sent to collect it.
Across the Continent-from Granada to Paris, from Belgrade to Istanbul-Henri follows. He's desperate to leave behind his own troubles and the memories of his past life as a gendarme in Algeria.
But Henri soon realises that Louise is no ordinary traveller.
As the train hurtles toward its final destination, Henri and Louise must decide what the future will hold-and whether it involves one another.
Stylish and atmospheric, The Continental Affair takes you on an unforgettable journey through the twisty, glamorous world of 1960s Europe. -
Engländerin, Debut, noch ô dt.
Geplant für einen Film von George Clooneys Smokehouse Pictures, mit Scarlett Johansson als Star.
Unerwarteterweise trifft sie im Urlaub mit ihrem neuen Ehemann in Marokko, auf Lucy Mason, eine ehemalige Freundin, welche sie seit dem Unfall, seit Jahren, nicht mehr gesprochen hat.
Und der Zufall bringt sie nun wieder zusammen. Aber bald beginnt ein vertrautes Gefühl, sie fühlt sich kontrolliert und unterdrückt von Lucy auf Schritt und Tritt. Dann wird Alices Ehemann John vermisst, und Alice fängt an, alles in ihrer Umgebung zu hinterfragen: ihre Beziehung zu ihrer rätselhaften Freundin, was damals passiert ist..
