In his previous novel, "The Good Father", the author dissected the mysteries and comedies of marriage and separation. Here, he both portrays the course of friendship, its pleasures and betrayals, and casts a spotlight on the switchback world of film ...
"On St. Valentine's Day, 1865, the paddle steamer Laurentia, Captain Donald McDonough commanding, left the Inman Line wharf in East Boston bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Liverpool. Her sailing day was a Tuesday as usual. . . . ""
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In a sixth-floor South Bank warehouse, home of the family firm Hughes and Hughes, a troubled young man known as 'Ghost' attends to stocks of hardware while he quietly observes a variety of characters. Two particular individuals draw his attention as ...
It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father's sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family's welcome is cool, and Adam's...
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award
"An agreeably readable first novel . . . light-hearted throughout, and altogether the book is a promising beginning to Mr Prince's career as a novelist." - J. G. Farrell, The Listener
"Mr Prince ...