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New york times bestselling author of the glass room simon mawer returns to czechoslovakia, this time during the turbulent 1960s, with a suspenseful story that mixes sex, politics, and betrayal. The girl who fell from the sky simon mawer published on september 25, 20 september 25, 20 by alex ive had to read this book rather sooner than i would have wanted because it is my choice for a new book group ive joined and they like to have questions to go along with the reading. Zoe green finds slow burning revelations set against a battle of the wills in simon mawer s new book, the fall. A new york times bestseller honeymooners viktor and liesel landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central europe of the 1920s. A compulsively readable love story thats sure to be popular with reading groups. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. Simon mawer is increasingly recognized as a worldclass novelist christian science monitor whose fiction appeals to readers of ian mcewan, peter carey, a. From the author of the bestselling and booker prizeshortlisted the glass room and trapezean historical thriller that brings back marian sutro, exspecial, isbn 9781590517239. The gospel of judas by simon mawer 5 editions first published in 2001 download daisy. Simon mawers sixth novel opens at a locale which, in a certain sense, it never leaves halfway up the snowdonia mountainside. Mawer s central characters fall and fall again, in and out of love sexual and platonic into adoration and betrayal, living truths which turn out to be lies, creating interesting resonances do we become who we are through genetics, or do we become who we are because of who we believe we are. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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