Summary
With GLOW, Ned Beauman has reinvented the international conspiracy thriller for a new generation.
A hostage exchange outside a police station in Pakistan. A botched defection in an airport hotel in New Jersey. A test of loyalty at an abandoned resort in the Burmese jungle. A boy and a girl locking eyes at a rave in a South London laundrette …
For the first time, Britain’s most exciting young novelist turns his attention to the present day, as a conspiracy with global repercuss…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444765533 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444765531 |
| Author: | Ned Beauman |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Beauman writes with panache .– Daily Mail
Beauman’s writing is dazzlingly inventive. - The Times
A singular and almost recklessly gifted, young writer. - TimeSeriously intelligent and seriously funny at the same time. - Daily TelegraphUndoubtedly a writer of prodigious talent - Financial TimesUnhinged, over-whelming and brilliant … Beauman has taste: his antennae are acutely tuned to the stylish and resonant. - IndependentA thoroughly enjoyable, playful read … The narrative hooks immediately, as does the language, which is often delightfully inventive. There are also surprisingly tender scenes that add depth and humour.… Beauman has created a truly modern thriller that is as addictive as it is inventive. - The ListBeauman writes with panache. - Daily MailSexy and urgent - Literary ReviewAbout The Author
Ned Beauman
Ned Beauman was born in 1985 in London. His debut novel, BOXER, BEETLE, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Desmond Elliot Prize and won the Writers’ Guild Award for Best Fiction Book and the Goldberg Prize for Outstanding Debut Fiction. His second novel, THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Encore Award and a Somerset Maugham Award. He has been chosen by the Culture Show as one of the twelve best new British novelists and by Granta as one of the 20 best British novelists under 40. His work has been translated into more than ten languages.
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