I Am Max Lamm - Softcover

Brous, Raphael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472105974 ISBN 13: 9781472105974

Publisher: Corsair, 2013

Synopsis

A young tennis prodigy with a wildcard to the US open, Max Lamm's future looks bright . . . until footage of him enjoying a night of passion with a Salvadorean prostitute in New York appears on the Internet, and categorically derails his career. After a bungled suicide attempt in the Hudson River, he decides to flee America and begin a new life in London.

But Max is jinxed. One night, in Camden, he accidentally kills a fifteen-year-old Pakistani boy who tries to mug him -inadvertently sparking the worst race riots seen in the East End of the capital in over a generation. On the run, Max finally finds refuge beneath Hyde Park. Deep underground, with chaos raging in the streets above, he tries to plot his salvation.

I am Max Lamm is a darkly humorous exploration of family loyalty, disgrace and collective hysteria in an age of terror.

About this title

About the Author

Raphael Brous was born in Melbourne in 1982. He has studied law, neuroscience and immunology at Monash University. He writes and plays music in two bands and is a volunteer campaign director at the animal rights organisation Animal Liberation. He regularly debates animal rights and religion with John Safran on ABC Radio National. Presently based in Melbourne, he has lived in London and Brooklyn. His recreation consists of skateboarding and obsessively reading.

From the Back Cover

Tennis. Sex. Scandal. Murder?

Max Lamm is a young tennis prodigy with a wildcard to the US open. His future looks bright . . . until footage of him enjoying a night of passion with a Salvadorean prostitute in New York appears on the Internet. His career in tatters, he decides to flee America and begin a new life in London.

But Max is jinxed. One night, in Camden, he accidentally kills a fifteen-year-old Pakistani boy who tries to mug him - and inadvertently sparks the worst race riots seen in the East End in over a generation. Max goes on the run and eventually finds refuge beneath Hyde Park. Deep underground, with chaos raging in the streets above, he tries to plot his salvation.

I am Max Lamm is a raucous debut - a darkly humorous exploration of family loyalty, disgrace and collective hysteria in an age of terror.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Corsair
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472105974
• ISBN 13: 9781472105974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240