The Singer's Gun: Emily St. John Mandel - Softcover

Mandel, Emily St. John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447280059 ISBN 13: 9781447280057

Publisher: Picador, 2015

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven

After shaking off an increasingly dangerous venture with his cousin, Anton Waker has spent years constructing an honest life for himself. But then a routine security check brings his past crashing back towards him. His marriage and career in ruins, Anton finds himself in Italy with one last job from his cousin. But there is someone on his tail and they are getting closer . . .

The Singer's Gun follows Anton, Alex Broden - a detective on the trail of a people trafficker, and Elena, caught up in the investigation against her will. Taut and thrilling, it is a novel about identity and loyalty, and the things we are willing to sacrifice for love.

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Review:

Mandel's talent is clearly visible from the get-go . . . The beauty of the novel is that its key truths are those the reader arrives at on his or her own, without the help of a straight-line narrative or a dominating perspective. Instead, Mandel feeds off of our need to make connections, even when the pattern they form doesn't really exist. We start with anxiety and end with it, thrumming in the background for us to listen in - or ignore, at both cost and reward (LA Times)

The Singer's Gun begins like a straightforward crime thriller . . . But Emily St. John Mandel's new novel is something far rarer than this classic noir opening suggests. She introduces us to haunted, often fugitive individuals stranded in places from New York to Italy, from the past to the present. And her book strikes a perfect balance between introspection and action . . . an eminently satisfying thriller (Washington Post)

Brilliant (Boston Globe)

Mandel has a beautiful writing style (Independent on Sunday)

Mandel is an exuberant storyteller (New York Times)

In this intricate novel, her second after Last Night in Montreal, Mandel underscores the notion that everything in life comes with a price tag, and sometimes that cost is remarkably high. ... An intriguing and suspenseful read that will appeal to those who like mysteries (Library Journal)

Book Description:

From the author of Station Eleven, this is a thrilling novel about love and identity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1447280059
• ISBN 13: 9781447280057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304