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As the summer draws to a close, a small Long Island town is gripped by a series of mysterious deaths--and one young man, a loner taken in by a local, tries to piece together the crimes before his own time runs out.
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As the summer draws to a close, a small Long Island town is gripped by a series of mysterious deaths--and one young man, a loner taken in by a local, tries to piece together the crimes before his own time runs out.
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'Orient is not as pleasant as it seems, and Christopher Bollen will hold you spellbound as he reveals its secrets. A truly well-crafted murder mystery that recalls the worlds of both PD James and Twin Peaks' Nelson DeMille
Secrets, parochial gossiping, casual xenophobia, proximity to a large water and a decent body count: what more could you need from a thriller. Bollen s rich novel has all the right ingredients and he serves them up suspensefully as he tears down his version of the American dream --Fiona Wilson, The Times
Christopher Bollen writes expansive, psychologically probing novels in the manner of Updike, Eugenides and Franzen, but he is also an avowed disciple of Agatha Christie... Bollen s melodramatic twist on reality follows the pattern laid down by a score of Christie novels: the tensions between a community s long-standing residents and its incomers end up exploding in murder... The generic and literary pleasures of this novel sit well together and are of the highest order Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph
Bollen s blend of killer thriller and social satire is certainly classy... the elegant portrayal of adultery and envy on American s East Coast can t fail to recall John Updike John Dugdale, Sunday Times
Deeply seductive... Orient is like Donna Tartt novelising Twin Peaks while F. Scott Fitzgerald fixes cocktails. Bollen s characterisation is pin-sharp and his treatment of his themes mature and multi-layered John O Connell, Guardian
Almost mesmerically gripping. Yet Bollen also achieves something richer and more thoughtful than one would usually expect from a literary thriller --Matthew Adams, Independent
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Orient: A Novel
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