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kobvindex_ZLB16314862
ISBN:
9780385538909
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9780385538909
Content:
" From the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls comes the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong: two men lie dead in a suburban living room, two women are on the run from police, and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams.When Kristin Chapman agrees to let her husband, Richard, host his brother's bachelor party, she expects a certain amount of debauchery. She brings their young daughter to Manhattan for the evening, leaving her Westchester home to the men and their hired entertainment. What she does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, her husband sharing a dangerously intimate moment in the guest room, and two women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards before driving off into the night. In the aftermath, Kristin and Richard's life rapidly spirals into nightmare. The police throw them out of their home, now a crime scene, Richard's investment banking firm puts him on indefinite leave, and Kristin is unsure if she can forgive her husband for the moment he shared with a dark-haired girl in the guest room. But the dark-haired girl, Alexandra, faces a much graver danger. In one breathless, violent night, she is free, running to escape the police who will arrest her and the gangsters who will kill her in a heartbeat. A captivating, chilling story about shame and scandal, The Guest Room is a riveting novel from one of our greatest storytellers."
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Rezension(1): "CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the author of eighteen books, including Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands, The Sandcastle Girls, Skeletons at the Feast, The Double Bind, and Midwives. His novel Midwives was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah's Book Club. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and three of his novels have become movies ( Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers ). He lives in Vermont. Visit him at www.chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook. " Rezension(2): "Skip Horack, The San Francisco Chronicle :Heartbreaking... Unexpected and refreshing... I won't give away of the surprising twists and turns that The Guest Room takes on the path to Bohjalian's daring conclusion,I'll only note that much of the pleasure that comes from reading any well-constructed narrative lies in trying to anticipate how the author will write himself out of seemingly inescapable corners. But here, for a change, we also have a novelist who seems more concerned with examining and dramatizing a much more universal question: whether, in the end, any amount of love or compassion, retreat or nobility or forgiveness, can overcome the remorseless workings of evil." Rezension(3): "Anita Shreve, The Washington Post : The Guest Room [has] an edge-of-the-seat momentum that propels the reader straight to the last page... For those who value the well-researched novel, the author's 18th book will please... Promises to enlighten and entertain." Rezension(4): "Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe :A story both global and intimate... Heartbreaking." Rezension(5): "Amanda St. Amand, St. Louis Post-Dispatch :Hard to put down... Chris Bohjalian keeps readers turning each page... painfully honest... compelling." Rezension(6): "Lynsey Eidell, Glamour :Suspenseful... It took all of our willpower to not bite off all of our nails as we tore through this dark thriller." Rezension(7): "Christina Wilkerson, Arkansas Traveler :This dramatic story is convoluted and thrilling, and nothing short of a page-turner." Rezension(8): "Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning author of March :A good man's momentary moral lapse plunges his happy, prosperous life into a nightmare of murderous gangsters and remorseless sex traffickers. Bohjalian's deftness as a story teller is on full display here, as he couples the urgency of a compulsively readable crime thriller with a quiet meditation on the meaning of family and relationships,the painstaking, quotidian, essential business of how we win love, and how swiftly we can lose it." Rezension(9): "Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal :Bohjalian catches a key social moment with a book that's fresh and different... a tale of scandal, shame, and escalating suspense." Rezension(10): "Carol Fitzgerald, The Book Reporter :Reads like a thriller...I did not see the end coming. Chris does a terrific job of exploring the very dark side of traffickbing and the women who are preyed on...Lots to discuss, and book clubs should take note." Rezension(11): "Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald :Bohjalian is at his best in The Guest Room , one of his most compelling books so far, combining an explosive premise, a timely social topic, and fast-paced storytelling with a purpose." Rezension(12): "Peggy Burch, Memphis Commercial Appeal:Bohjalian's novel is a tightly constructed, sex-and-violence-driven thriller, but it's also a check to the convenient ignorance indulged in by American consumers -- of entertainment as well as goods." Rezension(13): "Rupen Janbazian, The Armenian Weekly : The Guest Room is a page-turner in every sense of the word. From its very first page to an emotionally charged surprise ending, Bohjalian's fast-paced plot draws readers in and makes the book truly 'hard to put down'...Remarkable... A captivating and insightful read." Rezension(14): "Carol Memmott , Book Trib :A devilishly good story. And this suspenseful crime novel, imbued with violence, bad decisions and families torn apart, may be Bohjalian's best one yet." Rezension(15): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 19, 2015 In his latest novel, Bohjalian ( Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands ) stacks the deck against his well-to-do main character, Richard Chapman, who holds a bachelor party in his Bronxville home for his younger brother, Philip. Richard sends his wife and daughter into Manhattan for the night, a good thing, because the two strippers hired for the occasion turn out to be Russian sex slaves, who kill the two pimps who accompany them to the party before fleeing into the night. Earlier, one of them, a beautiful Armenian girl named Alexandra, almost managed to seduce Richard before he changes his mind. In the aftermath of the murders, Richard is turned out of his house, which has become a crime scene with reporters camped outside, and forced to hire a lawyer. As the consequences of the night pile up, Richard becomes estranged from his wife, is banned from his office, and finds himself the target of a blackmailer from the party who has an incriminating cell phone video of him and Alexandra. And then there is Alexandra herself, who returns to the scene of the crime, tailed by her seriously scary Russian bosses. It is to the author’s credit that he takes this situation and makes it somewhat credible. Juxtaposed against the upper-class setting is Alexandra’s own account of being sold into slavery, which deserves a less sudsy book of its own."
Language:
English
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