Gerard Donovan is an acclaimed novelist whose works are celebrated for their profound literary quality and distinctive style. Through his fiction, he delves into complex human relationships and existential themes with sharp intellect. Donovan's approach to writing is meticulous and deliberate, evident in his masterful prose and thoughtful narrative construction. His stories offer readers a compelling exploration of the human psyche.
Julius Winsome lives in a cabin in the hunting heartland of the Maine woods, with only his books and his dog for company. That is until the morning he finds that his dog has been shot dead - and not by accident. Gerard Donovan weaves an extraordinary tale of revenge that is also a tender and heartbreaking paean to lost love. Narrated by the unforgettable voice of Julius himself - at once compassionate, vulnerable and threatening - it reads like a timeless, lost classic.
In an unnamed European village, in the middle of a civil war, one man digs while another watches over him. Gradually, they begin to talk. Over the course of the afternoon, as the snow falls and truck-loads of villagers are corralled in the next field, we discover why they are there - not just who they are and how specific, sinister events in their country have led them to be separated by a deepening grave, but why the history of civilization is inseparable from the history of mass violence. Beautifully written, with a poet's eye for detail coupled with a chilling narrative drive, Gerard Donovan's first novel has been compared with Franz Kafka and Bernhard Schlink. SCHOPENHAUER'S TELESCOPE is current in the best sense - not merely about Bosnia or Kosovo, but in attempting to make art out of brutal life.
1922. 'Movie czar' Will H. Hays is on a mission to clean up Hollywood by compiling the Doom List - a list of 'undesirables' whom he plans to bar from screen work. Private investigator Tom Collins is hired to protect a leading lady's reputation at all costs, and is drawn into a case of scandal, forbidden passion, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder.
1922. When a leading Hollywood film director is found shot dead, Irish-American investigator Tom Collins is called in by studio boss Mack Sennett, whose troubled star, Mabel Normand, is rumoured to be involved. But Normand has gone missing, and Collins' search will lead him to a secret so explosive it must be kept silent at any cost.
Nebel steigt auf über dem Fluss bei Ross Point in Maine, und auch um die hohe Brücke vor der Mündung ins Meer wallen Nebelschwaden. Dort steht Luke Roy und wartet. Er will springen - schon öfter hat er an Selbstmord gedacht. Als der Himmel endlich klar wird, hört er vom Fluss her Schreie. Ein Ausflugsboot ist gekentert, und ein Junge wird von der Strömung Richtung Klippen und Meer getrieben. Luke zögert nicht: Der Außenseiter wird zum Helden wider Willen, und sein Leben ändert sich auf eine Weise, die er sich nie hätte träumen lassen …
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