The second powerful and heart-rending novel, set in 80s Glasgow, from Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize- and British Book Award-winning author of Shuggie Bain.
Josephine Ruitenberg Knihy
V neprístupných končinách Arktídy objaví satelit NASA pod hrubou vrstvou ľadu unikátny nález – tristo rokov starý meteorit so stopami fosílií. Je to naozaj dôkaz existencie mimozemského života? Úradujúci prezident Zach Herney povolá štyroch vynikajúcich vedcov, aby potvrdili pravosť nálezu a vyslobodili ho z ľadového zovretia na ďalší výskum. Nejde len o prevratný vedecký dôkaz, ale v predvolebnom období aj o body na strane úradujúceho prezidenta. Opozičný kandidát senátor Saxon totiž postavil svoju kampaň práve na kritike drahého vesmírneho výskumu, ktorý neprináša nijaké výsledky. Tímu odborníkov za polárnym kruhom a Rachel, dcére senátora Saxona a spravodajskej dôstojníčke Bieleho domu, odrazu ide o život. Nečakane sa ocitnú uprostred nebezpečnej hry najvyšších vojenských a politických kruhov Ameriky.
At thirty-five, Mary Frazier Armstrong, called "Frazier" by friends and enemies alike, is a sophisticated woman with a thriving art gallery, a healthy bank balance, and an enviable social position. In fact, she has everything to live for, but she's lying in a hospital bed with a morphine drip in her arm and a life expectancy measured in hours. "Don't die a stranger," her assistant says on her last hospital visit. "Tell the people you love who you are." And so, as her last act on earth, Frazier writes letters to her closest family and friends, telling them exactly what she thinks of them and, since she will be dead by the time they receive the letters, the truth about herself: she's gay. The letters are sent. Then the manure hits the fan in Charlottesville, Virginia, because the funny thing is, Frazier Armstrong isn't going to die after all.
