The Last Weekend - Hardcover

Morrison, Blake

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753186802 ISBN 13: 9780753186800

Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books, 2010

Synopsis

When Ian receives a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting Ian and his wife, Em, for a few days by the sea, the couple agree to go. Their hosts, Ollie and Daisy, are a golden couple whose glamour and happiness drive Ian to distraction, and dangerous tensions quickly emerge. Beneath congenial yet charged conversation, the history of their relationship is uncovered. Ian and Ollie resurrect an almost forgotten bet made20 years before. Each day becomes a series of challenges for higher and higher stakes, setting in motion actions that will have irreversible consequences.

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Review

"The fascination is horrible, the prose addictive, the situation magnificently claustrophobic, the denouement shocking" (Alan Taylor Herald)

"Morrison has created far more than a sinister take on the country-house novel... This is a suspenseful thriller, but more importantly it succeeds as an exceedingly clever investigation into the strangeness of lies" (Christian House Independent on Sunday)

"A compelling psychological thriller that, in parts, will cause you to actually flinch" (Ben Felsenberg Metro)

"Delightfully twisted" (David Mills Esquire)

"This is one achievement among several for Blake Morrison, who has written a novel that is at once artful and naturalistic, restrained and yet suggestive, and faithful to a perspective from which the readers wants to recoil" (Stephen Abell Times Literary Supplement)

Book Description

Four friends, one weekend, and a bet that changes everyone's lives...

Edition details

• Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753186802
• ISBN 13: 9780753186800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320