Justin Cartwright is a British novelist whose work frequently delves into intricate relationships and character psychology. His style is marked by a penetrating insight into human nature and a precise command of language. Cartwright explores themes of identity, memory, and the lasting impact of the past on the present. His novels offer a profound contemplation of the world and one's place within it.
This novel, set in an African country, Banguniland, with diversions to America and other countries, attempts to exploit 1950s political and social mores. The narrator, son of a journalist who disappeared in Africa in 1959, tells the story of his attempt to unravel the mystery of his father's ill-fated expedition.
The upper-crust, family-owned bank of Tubal + Co. in the City of London, is in trouble. It's not the first time in its three hundred and forty year history, but it may be the last. A secret sale is under way, and a number of facts need to be kept hidden from the regulators and major clients
A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love by Booker Prize nominated author Justin Cartwright.
'A wonderfully observed novel which provides a rare outsider's glimpse of the quiet despair that lurks behind those bright, perfectly-formed American smiles' Literary Review
From Justin Cartwright, this is a novel of English life and family love.
Charles Judd is contemplating the turns his life has taken, while his wife struggles with the latest fish recipe. Two of their children are keeping it all together. Their daughter Juliet, is being released from prison in New York after a sentence for art theft. Now, all five members of the family try to come to terms with the return of Juliet.
Familiengeheimnisse und andere Abgründe Die Judds waren eine glückliche Familie mit erfolgreichen Kindern. Vor allem Tochter Juliet, promovierte Kunsthistorikerin und Expertin bei Christie's in New York, verkörperte den Erfolg schlechthin. Bis die Geschichte mit den gestohlenen Tiffanyglasfenstern passierte. Für ein gefälschtes Gutachten wanderte Juliet zwei Jahre ins Gefängnis. Nun wird sie entlassen, und das erste Wiedersehen der Familie steht bevor ... „Einer der besten Romanciers unserer Zeit“ (The Guardian)
