We Are Now Beginning Our Descent - Softcover

Meek, James

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9781841959993: We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841959995 ISBN 13: 9781841959993

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd, 2008

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The message was short. 'I want to see you now. I want you to come to me, it doesn't matter how late it is, and tell me exactly what you want from me.' Like the world around him, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Adam Kellas's life is showing distinct signs of cracking apart. Against his better judgement, Kellas - divorced, unstable, spurned by his lover and by the world of letters - accepts a war assignment from his newspaper. It is the beginning of a journey which takes him from the mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London, the marshlands of the American South and, ultimately, to the darkest realms of the human imagination. Only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid, a fellow reporter in Afghanistan, offers him the possibility of hope. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, James Meek's new novel spans continents and cultures. It is a timeless tale of folly and the pursuit of love, set against the incendiary politics of our time.

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The People's Act of Love is the best and most original book that I have read for years. -- Louis de Bernieres Spellbinding. -- Irvine Welsh Startlingly original. * * Mail on Sunday (The People's Act of Love) * * One of the best novels published for years. * * Independent (The People's Act of Love) * *

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From the bestselling author of The People's Act of Love

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