EAN: 9781529114959

LAWRENCE OSBORNE - GEBRAUCHT ON JAVA ROAD ‘THE ...

A veteran British journalist living in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student
protestor amidst the pro-democracy demonstrations in this unsettling new novel from the
acclaimed author of The Forgiven   After twenty years as an ex-pat reporter in Hong Kong 
Adrian Gyle has almost nothing to show for it. But now the streets are choked with students
demanding democratic freedoms  and the old world is beginning to fall apart.  Adrian's old
friend Jimmy Tang  the scion of a wealthy Hong Kong family  has begun a reckless affair with
Rebecca  a leading pro-democracy protestor. But when Rebecca disappears and Jimmy goes to
ground  Adrian unearths the familiar old urge to investigate. Pursuing Rebecca's ghost to Java
Road where the city's dead congregate  Adrian re-assembles her final hours - as he struggles to
distinguish between delusion and reality.   'Osborne's whodunnit is wrapped in an atmospheric
portrait both of a particular place and time  and of the creation and destruction of a
friendship. Highly recommended' GUARDIAN    'Osborne goes from strength to strength' LIONEL
SHRIVER  'Osborne handles surface and depth with immense skill  as only great writers can'
DEBORAH LEVY  FINANCIAL TIMES  '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  NEW
YORK TIMES

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