Two red leather armchairs are discovered on a prestigious Sussex golf course, a body slumped in one of them. Detective Holly Angel, sent to investigate, must uncover who this person is, how she died, how the body got there, and what could possibly be the significance of those red chairs? The club
The Little Red Chairs
โ Scribed by Edna O'Brien
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company;Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2016;2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A fiercely beautiful novel about one woman's struggle to reclaim a life shattered by betrayal, from one of the greatest storytellers of our time One night, in the dead of winter, a mysterious stranger arrives in the small Irish town of Cloonoila. Broodingly handsome, worldly, and charismatic, Dr. Vladimir Dragan is a poet, a self-proclaimed holistic healer, and a welcome disruption to the monotony of village life. Before long, the beautiful black-haired Fidelma McBride falls under his spell and, defying the shackles of wedlock and convention, turns to him to cure her of her deepest pains.
Then, one morning, the illusion is abruptly shattered. While en route to pay tribute at Yeats's grave, Dr. Vlad is arrested and revealed to be a notorious war criminal and mass murderer. The Cloonoila community is devastated by this revelation, and no one more than Fidelma, who is made to pay for her deviance and desire. In disgrace and utterly alone, she embarks on a...
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