Glen Duncan
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The end is nigh and the Prince of Darkness has just been offered one hell of a deal: reentry into Heaven for eternity – if he can live out a well-behaved life in a human body on earth. It's the ultimate case of trying without buying and, despite the limitations of the human body in question (previous owner one suicidally unsuccessful writer, Deelan Gunn), Luce seizes the opportunity to run riot through the realm of the senses. This is his chance...
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In a windowless cell, a man hangs from a pair of handcuffs.
He is an american.
His torturer will stop at nothing to extract the information he requires.
He, too, is an american.
A Day and a Night and a Day is a Grand Inquisition for the twenty-first century, in which love, loyalty, reason, and truth are on trial, and morality hangs in the balance. It is the story of Augustus Rose, an unlikely operative in a terrorist network, and his interrogator,...
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"Duncan's polished, merciless, and frequently hilarious prose supplies a trove of pleasures all its own." - Publishers Weekly
"He is a major writer" - The Independent on Sunday
"An appallingly intelligent writer" - The Guardian
Superb...Perhaps this book will finally bring him the mainstream recognition he deserves. - Arena
'Richly satisfying. Duncan manages to fuse racial and personal dislocation beautifully in this long, seductive narrative....A...