Retribution Road
$46.43
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2018
Summary
“We owe you our lives, Sergeant, but you are our worst nightmare …”
Burma, 1852. Sergeant Arthur Bowman, a sergeant in the East India Company, is sent on a secret mission during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. But the expedition is foiled - his men are captured and tortured. Throughout their ordeal, a single word becomes Bowman’s mantra, a word that will stiffen their powers of endurance in the face of unimaginable suffering: “Survival”. But for all that, only a handful…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857053732 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857053736 |
| Author: | Antonin Varenne, Sam Taylor |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 31mm |
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Antonin Varenne’s Retribution Road is part Bernard Cornwell, part John le Carre and all of a hell of a read. Few authors have the chops to take on a historical epic, a serial killer thriller and an intimate character study but Varenne’s latest novel should place him at the very top of every reading list.
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Antonin Varenne
Antonin Varenne was awarded the Prix Michel Lebrun and the Grand Prix du Jury Sang d’encre for Bed of Nails, his first novel to be translated into English. His second, Loser’s Corner was awarded the Prix des Lecteurs Quais du polar - 20 minutes and the Prix du Meilleur Polar Francophone.
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