Beschreibung:
On the English Channel island of Guernsey, a teenage girls Mean Girls-like experience pushes her to murder her best friend in a scandal, she will discover, that mirrors her uncles previously unknown story from the days of the islands Nazi occupation during WWII. Told through the voices of fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier and her long-dead Uncle Charlieknown to Cat only by the audio recordings he left behindThe Book of Lies lucidly illuminates the interior lives of a scorned modern girl with attitude and a defiant, faded man. With echoes of Nicole Krausss The History of Love and Jennifer McMahons Promise Not to Tell, Mary Horlocks stunning debut novel is an unforgettable exploration of aspiration, anguish, and rebellion.
On the English Channel island of Guernsey, a teenage girls Mean Girls-like experience pushes her to murder her best friend in a scandal, she will discover, that mirrors her uncles previously unknown story from the days of the islands Nazi occupation during WWII. Told through the voices of fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier and her long-dead Uncle Charlieknown to Cat only by the audio recordings he left behindThe Book of Lies lucidly illuminates the interior lives of a scorned modern girl with attitude and a defiant, faded man. With echoes of Nicole Krausss The History of Love and Jennifer McMahons Promise Not to Tell, Mary Horlocks stunning debut novel is an unforgettable exploration of aspiration, anguish, and rebellion.