Hunters in the Dark: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 055344736X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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A gripping read with moral ambiguity galore.”– Kirkus Reviews (starred)“A brilliant, unsentimental rendering of contemporary East-West conflict and the imperfect human psyche….Osborne has done an extraordinary job of capturing moral complexity, never letting his characters or his readers off easy. Cambodia comes off as a dangerously seductive playground, plying visitors with the sultry false promise of uncomplicated abandon among the Buddhist ruins, all under the bemused gaze of the local, ethnic Khmers who know better. The risk, of course, is that there may be no easy exit from the dizzying whirlwind of escape."—Seattle Times"A hauntingly beautiful story of greed, passion and, mo
And on that first night, a small windfall precipitates a chain of events-- involving a bag of “jinxed” money, a suave American, a trunk full of heroin, a hustler taxi driver, and a rich doctor’s daughter-- that changes Robert’s life forever.Hunters in the Dark is a sophisticated game of cat and mouse redolent of the nightmares of Patricia Highsmith, where identities are blurred, greed trumps kindness, and karma is ruthless. Filled with Hitchcockian twists and turns, suffused with the steamy heat and pervasive superstition of the Cambodian jungle, and unafraid to confront difficult questions about the machinations of fate, this is a masterful novel that confirms Lawrence Osborne’s reputation as one of our finest contemporary writers.From the Hardcover edition.. As he crosses the border f
Lawrence Osborne is the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling author of the novels THE FORGIVEN and THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, and of six books of nonfiction, including THE WET AND THE DRY. He currently lives in Bangkok.From the Hardcover edition.. He has written for The New York Times Magaz
I do not recommend this book The book moves slowly, and the plot seems pointless to me; but then, maybe I missed something.. David Keymer said A DISCONCERTING READ BUT GOOD. An Englishman, touching thirty, is discontented with his life and his job. Back home, he teaches literature to schoolchildren who are bored when he reads to them from George Eliot and couldn’t care less who John Donne was. On a summer trip to Cambodia, he frequents a casino and wins . Ugly American redo This is in its own way a fascinating read, perhaps not for the reasons mentioned by other reviewers. It follows the intersecting lives of a dissolute American, a parsifalian Brit, a corrupt Khmer cop, a bloody-minded taxi driver, and several women whose heads you seldom enter. It is on the