James Lasdun

• Jul-1986
• / General Fiction
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Nine stories deal with an arrogant foreign aid administrator, a young radical who deserts his ailing leader, a college professor lost in the Paris Metro, a boy fascinated with his grandmother's jewels, and a greedy child's efforts to prevent his moth...

• Jun-1992
• / General Fiction
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A collection of new short stories by the author of Delirium Eclipse deals with deception, misunderstanding, and the destructive power of one human being over another. By the author of A Jump Start. ...

• Jul-2000
• / General Fiction
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James Lasdun's two collections of short stories, Delirium Eclipse and Three Evenings, have won him outstanding praise as one of the most distinctive British writers of his generation, both as a stylist and as a storyteller. His work has been describe...

• Apr-2002
• / Suspense
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"Unputdownable…a masterpiece of chilling, mesmerizing control." -- Michael Dirda, Washington PostThe Horned Man opens with a man losing his place in a book, then deepens into a dark and terrifying tale of a man losing his place in the world. As La...

• Oct-2005
• / Thriller
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“Superb. . . . Every page of this narration bears examples of Lasdun’s own poetic mastery. . . . Shockingly vivid.” -- Time Out Part political thriller, part meditation on the nature of desire and betrayal, Seven Lies tells the story of Stefan ...

• Aug-2009
• / General Fiction
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The stories in this remarkable collection -- including "An Anxious Man," winner of the National Short Story Prize (UK) -- are vibrant and gripping. James Lasdun's great gift is his unfailing psychological instinct for the vertiginous moments when the...

• Oct-2016
• / Thriller
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In this taut psychological thriller, a couple and their houseguest find themselves caught in a deadly web of secrets, obsession, and revenge. It is summer, 2012. Charlie, a wealthy banker with an uneasy conscience, invites his troubled cousin Matt...

• Feb-2019
• / General Fiction
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2020**Two timely explorations of male sexual violence, power and corruption ...

• Apr-2019
• / Literary
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“Slippery, provoking and very timely.” -- Wall Street JournalWhen an old flame accuses him of sexual assault, expat English journalist Marco Rosedale is brought rapidly to the brink of ruin. Marco confides in a close friend, the unnamed narrator...

• Sep-2021
• / General Fiction
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