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This is a haunting novella. It's so well-written and captivating at the same time. It looks back on a complicated relationship with precision and emotional honesty. Highly recommended.
A sensational international bestseller, and winner of Frances' coveted Prix Goncourt, 'The Lover' is an unforgettable portrayal of the incandescent relationship between two lovers, and of the hate that slowly tears the girl's family apart.
Saigon, 1930s: a poor young French girl meets the elegant son of a wealthy Chinese family. Soon they are lovers, locked into a private world of passion and intensity that defies all the conventions of their society.
A sensational international bestseller, 'The Lover' is disturbing, erotic, masterly and simply unforgettable.
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
I've been recommending this book to everyone since I read it. I feel like I know F. Scott Fitzgerald after reading. It captures who he is in such an intimate and convincing way, it almost feels like a magic trick. This is Fitzgerald in his last years working to pay off debt by writing bad Hollywood screen plays and trying to write his literary comeback--The Last Tycoon. He manages his health problems, tries not to drink, and tries to manage a new relationship with Sheila Graham. This book haunted me, and I'm not sure why or how O'Nan accomplished this.
In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long behind him. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
The last three years of Fitzgerald's life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O'Nan's heartfelt new novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald's past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham,…