The Glass Kingdom

The Glass Kingdom
Lawrence Osborne
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 304pg
19 Aug 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781529110777
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A tense, stunningly well-observed heist novel following an American woman on the run in the blazing heat of Bangkok, from ' a modern Graham Greene' (Sunday Times) Sarah Talbot Jennings, a young American living in New York, has fled to Bangkok to disappear. Arriving with a suitcase containing $200,000, she rents an apartment at the Kingdom, a glittering high-end complex slowly sinking into its own twilight - and run by conveniently discreet staff. In Bangkok' s shocking heat Sarah meets the beguiling Mali, a half-Thai tenant who' s strangely determined to bring the quiet American out of her shell. An invitation to Mali' s poker nights soon follows, where - fuelled by shots of yadong, gossip of shady dealings in the city and the hit of marijuana - Sarah is drawn into the orbit of the Kingdom' s glamorous ex-pat women. But when an attempted military coup wracks the streets below and Sarah witnesses something unspeakable through one of the Kingdom' s windows, only to be followed by a series of strange disappearances, Sarah' s safe haven begins to feel like a trap. From a master of atmosphere and suspense, The Glass Kingdom is a brilliantly unsettling story of cruelty and psychological unrest, and an enthralling glimpse into the shadowy crossroads of karma and human greed.
Osborne handles surface and depth with immense skill, as only great writers can do -- Deborah Levy * Financial Times * Osborne writes mercilessly, savagely well. He excavates his characters. . . with a pathologist' s precision * Daily Mail * If the purpose of a novel is to take you away from the everyday and show you something different, then Osborne is succeeding, and handsomely -- Lee Child The bastard child of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith * Metro * A highly distinctive writer who quickly becomes addictive -- John Gray * New Statesman * An exhilarating talent. . . one of our finest writers * Sunday Times * Osborne is a consummate stylist and a keen observer. . . sophisticated, smart and uncomfortable -- Lionel Shriver * Washington Post * An heir to Graham Greene * New York Times Book Review * Elegant, stylish and ambiguous -- Neel Mukherjee
Born in England, Lawrence Osborne is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Forgiven, The Ballad of a Small Player, Hunters in the Dark and Beautiful Animals. His non-fiction ranges from memoir through travelogue to essays, including Bangkok Days, Paris Dreambook and The Wet and the Dry. His short story ' Volcano' was selected for Best American Short Stories 2012, and he has writtenfor the New York Times Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, the New Yorker, Forbes, Harper' s and other publications. He lives in Bangkok.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781529110777
Published: 19 Aug 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 304

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