β Scribed by John Boyne
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
"Clever, chilling, and beautifully paced; a study of inner corrosion that Patricia Highsmith herself could not have done better." β The Times (London)
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A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one cunning, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success
Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn't have is talent β but he's not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don't need to be his own.
Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful β but desperately lonely β...
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