The Place That Didn't Exist
β Scribed by Watson, Mark
- Book ID
- 109318656
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan UK
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 571 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The dazzling novel from acclaimed author and stand-up comedian Mark Watson.
Dubai is a good place to win. And a really, really bad place to lose ...
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Junior advertising creative Tim Callaghan can hardly believe his luck when his idea for a commercial is commissioned by an international charity. He's flown out to Dubai to supervise the project and is immediately enticed by the city - a futuristic environment unlike anywhere he's ever been before. The first few days go by in a blur: Tim meets the heads of the charity and the production team; a movie star flies in to appear in the advert; and The Village, the five-star resort in which they're staying, offers an almost uncanny level of customer service.
Then filming begins, a crew member dies, and things get complicated . . .
Beautiful, seductive, brilliantly managed and a little bit frightening, Dubai itself is like an advert, and takes on an increasingly unsettling atmosphere as the...
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