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The Fall Guy

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Charlie, a wealthy banker with an uneasy conscience, invites his troubled cousin Matthew to visit him and his wife in their idyllic mountain-top house over the summer. As the days grow hotter, the friendship between the three begins to reveal its fault lines.When a fourth person arrives, the household finds itself suddenly in the grip of uncontrollable passions. Who is the real victim? Who is the perpetrator? And who, ultimately, is the fall guy?

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Weight 0.191 kg
Dimensions 1.7 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

272
Publisher

Year Published

2018-3-29
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1784703982
About The Author

James Lasdun’s books include The Fall Guy and Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked. He teaches creative writing at Columbia University and reviews regularly for the Guardian. His work has been filmed by Bernardo Bertolucci (Besieged) and he co-wrote the films Sunday, which won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance, and Signs and Wonders, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgård.
Review Quote

Engaging, effortlessly readable… Lasdun’s writing style is clean and straightforward. All the complexity resides in character and detail. This is masterfully controlled 2am noir.
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What a sinister and searching novel this is – and what a delight. James Lasdun is one of our great writers.

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