Lucy Schaffer's sane, safe life in New York an existence she has built to escape a painful past suddenly falls apart when she learns of the passing of her beloved father. Authorities in northern California say he could have been murdered, his body dumped into the sea. With this rude homecoming, she must dive into the deep waters of her past to make any sense of this tragedy.
From Pakistan' s most acclaimed young writer.
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family.
Die besten Stories von T. C. Boyle
Tiefgründig, originell, brillant: Die besten Geschichten von T. C. Boyle Ein Mann flieht mit seiner Familie vor den Gefahren der Zivilisation in die Wildnis und weckt dort den Dämon in sich. Eine junge Liebe scheitert an der Sucht nach Sauberkeit und Keimfreiheit. Eine Wissenschaftlerin wird in einem Orkan von einem umherfliegenden Kater zu Fall gebracht und begegnet ihrer großen Liebe. In T. C. Boyles Geschichten lauert die Apokalypse hinter jeder Straßenecke, und es wimmelt nur so von schrägen Typen, schicksalhaften Entscheidungen und dramatischen Begegnungen.
10-year-old Marsha is in turmoil following the collapse of her parents' marriage, and the brutal murder of a local boy. When the shy bachelor from next door begins to take an interest in Marsha's mother, Marsha is drawn into a cruel spiral of events that quickly spins out of control.
Like all of V. S. Naipaul's 'travel' books, encompasses amuch larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization