The specter of domestic violence haunts this poignant debut, as Effie Greer, a young woman in her 20s, struggles through an agonizing love relationship and its devastating aftermath. After learning of her abusive ex-boyfriend's death from a heroin overdose, waifish Effie returns from three "fugitive
Breathing Water
โ Scribed by Timothy Hallinan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-Books
- Year
- 2009;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Timothy Hallinan brings Bangkok , Thailand , to life in all its exotic, seedy, dangerous glory in Breathing Water, his third novel of unrelenting suspense to feature expatriate American travel writer Poke Rafferty. A breathtaking thriller in which innocence and evil, power and poverty collide on neon streets and in palatial Asian mansions, Breathing Water is Hallinan's finest work yet, capturing the raw excitement and perilous uncertainty of the Thailand that screams from today's headlines.
โฆ Subjects
Mystery
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