Book description
From the bestselling author of The Circle and The Monk of Mokha comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace.
'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute . . . An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard
An unnamed country is leaving the…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Parade as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This short read was like an episode of The Twilight Zone. While seemingly a story about a 2-person contruction crew paving a road to unite the poor South with the richer North after the end of a Civil War, this book looks at themes such as duty, community, interdependence, and betrayal. The ending was predictable but the book was a good story.
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