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''Brilliant'' SUNDAY TIMES
''Compelling and unnerving'' SPECTATOR

This first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere - and characters out of their depth

A naïve young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career; while a young couple on holiday in Oman accidentally witness a killing, which leads to their being hunted as well. An entomologist at a remote hotel in the Andamans survives a tsunami and uses a dead body to further her study of ants.

Collected here for the first time, Lawrence Osborne''s stories, like his novels -

Burning Angel and Other Stories

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''Brilliant'' SUNDAY TIMES''Compelling and unnerving'' SPECTATORThis first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 1/1/2024
    ISBN13: 9781529114966, 978-1529114966
    ISBN10: 1529114969

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    ''Brilliant'' SUNDAY TIMES
    ''Compelling and unnerving'' SPECTATOR

    This first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere - and characters out of their depth

    A naïve young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career; while a young couple on holiday in Oman accidentally witness a killing, which leads to their being hunted as well. An entomologist at a remote hotel in the Andamans survives a tsunami and uses a dead body to further her study of ants.

    Collected here for the first time, Lawrence Osborne''s stories, like his novels -

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