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Book Synopsis'
The Destroyers is a
smart, sophisticated literary thriller; for all its originality, it invokes the shades of Lawrence Durrell and Graham Greene'
Jay McInerney, author of
Bright, Precious DaysWhen Charlie and I were young, we played a game called Destroyers . . . We were sharpening our instincts, jettisoning attachments. We were honing strategies for survival ... Ian Bledsoe is on the run, broke and humiliated, fleeing the emotional and financial fallout of his father's death. His childhood friend
Charlie – rich, exuberant and basking in life on the Greek island of Patmos – is his last hope.
At first, Patmos is like a dream – sun-soaked days on Charlie’s yacht and the reappearance of a girlfriend from Ian’s past – and Charlie readily offers the lifeline he desperately needs. But, like Charlie himsel
Trade Review'
The Destroyers is a
smart, sophisticated literary thriller; for all its originality, it invokes the shades of Lawrence Durrell and Graham Greene' -- Jay McInerney, author of Bright, Precious Days
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Equal parts Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith and F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Destroyers is at once lyrical and suspenseful, thoughtful and riveting' -- Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You
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Superb, a tightly woven and fast-moving narrative set in beautifully crafted prose. A
read-all-night book' -- Alan Furst, author of The Foreign Correspondent
'Possessed of
cold-blooded electricity and a beguiling elegance ... A
propulsive, hypnotic portrait of rot at paradise’s heart and of the sprawling, inescapable tendrils of class and avarice' -- Sophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates
‘One for those who like their
holiday books dark’ * Stylist *
‘
Beautiful people visiting
glamorous places, being wicked enough to bring
Patricia Highsmith to mind.
It just isn’t summer without this kind of globe-trotting glamour to read about, especially when most of it is set in the Aegean’ * New York Times *
‘The
ideal summer page-turner’ * Vogue *
‘Bollen’s
deliciously dark literary thriller, set in the
jewel-bright sun-soaked Greek island of Patmos, is the
perfect summer read’ * Big Issue *
