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He''s the real deal...'' JOE HILL

Another read in one sitting from the best-selling Swanson.' METRO

A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father.

But who really is Alice, his father''s much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings?

All the Beautiful Lies

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/02/2019
      ISBN13: 9780571327218, 978-0571327218
      ISBN10: 0571327214
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      He''s the real deal...'' JOE HILL

      Another read in one sitting from the best-selling Swanson.' METRO

      A brilliantly original premise, delivered with panache.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

      On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his step-mother Alice, to their house on the Maine coast, following the unexpected death of his father.

      But who really is Alice, his father''s much younger second wife? In a brilliant split narrative, Peter Swanson teases out the stories and damage that lie in her past. And as her story entwines with Harry's in the present, things grow increasingly dark and threatening - will Harry be able to see any of it clearly through his own confused feelings?

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