Beschreibung:
Paul Torday, geboren 1946, studierte Englische Literatur in Oxford. Seit über dreißig Jahren arbeitet er als freier Unternehmer und lebt mit seiner Familie auf einem kleinen Schloss in Nordengland. Sein Romandebüt wurde auf Anhieb ein internationaler Bestseller und gewann den Bollinger Wodehouse Prize.
The bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN returns with a Buchan-esque thriller.'Torday has an extraordinary gift for making apparent "e;normality"e; look sinister and strange' THE TIMES'Funny, ambitious, multi-layered and quirkily imaginative' SCOTSMAN'A thrilling read' PRIMA'Written with confidence and dry humour, it's engaging and funny' BIG ISSUE'Gripping' NEWS OF THE WORLDTraumatised by a tour of duty in Iraq, Richard Gaunt returns home to his girlfriend with very little of a plan in mind. Finding it difficult to settle into civilian life, he turns to drink and gambling - and is challenged to a bet he cannot resist. All he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours. But what starts as a harmless venture turns into something altogether different when Richard recklessly accepts an unusual request from a stranger ...
The bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN returns with a Buchan-esque thriller.'Torday has an extraordinary gift for making apparent "e;normality"e; look sinister and strange' THE TIMES'Funny, ambitious, multi-layered and quirkily imaginative' SCOTSMAN'A thrilling read' PRIMA'Written with confidence and dry humour, it's engaging and funny' BIG ISSUE'Gripping' NEWS OF THE WORLDTraumatised by a tour of duty in Iraq, Richard Gaunt returns home to his girlfriend with very little of a plan in mind. Finding it difficult to settle into civilian life, he turns to drink and gambling - and is challenged to a bet he cannot resist. All he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours. But what starts as a harmless venture turns into something altogether different when Richard recklessly accepts an unusual request from a stranger ...