The Ghost Writer - Softcover

Harris, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439130477 ISBN 13: 9781439130476

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2010

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-3-1 Pages: 412 Publisher: Pocket Books From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Imperium comes The Ghost. an extraordinarily auspicious thriller of power. politics. corruption. and murder Dashing. captivating Adam Lang was Britains. longest serving - and most controversial - prime minister of the last half century. whose career ended in tatters after he sided with America in an unpopular war on terror Now. after stepping down in disgrace. Lang is hiding out in wintry Marthas Vineyard. to finish his much sought-after. potentially explosive memoir. for which he accepted one of historys largest cash advances. But the project runs aground when his ghostwriter suddenly and mysteriously disappears and later washes up. dead. on the islands deserted shore.Enter our hero - Langs new ghostwriter -. cynical. mercenary. and quick with a line of deadpan hum...

About this title

Review:

"A master of the intelligent thriller...The Ghost is Harris back on sparkling form" (The Times)

"Truly thrilling" (Sunday Times)

"Robert Harris's latest thriller is more than a fun read: it is a super-duper, double fun bag-sized read thanks to his masterful plotting" (Daily Telegraph)

"Harris has written a remarkable thriller... He knows how to tell a story" (Sunday Telegraph)

"The Ghost is arguably the finest novel yet to have emerged from the so-called Age of Terror... This is an important book about the major issues of our time" (Mail on Sunday)

Book Description:

The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and Imperium.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439130477
• ISBN 13: 9781439130476
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 412