Steven Galloway sa vo svojej tvorbe zameriava na zložité ľudské vzťahy a morálne dilemy, často zasadené do dramatických historických kulís. Jeho štýl charakterizuje prenikavý vhľad do psychológie postáv a napínavé rozprávanie, ktoré čitateľa vtiahne do deja. S precíznosťou a súcitom skúma, ako jednotlivci čelia nepriazni osudu a aké obete prinášajú pre prežitie a pre zachovanie ľudskosti. Jeho diela predstavujú hlboké zamyslenie nad povahou dobra a zla.
Erzählern ist zuweilen nicht zu trauen. Besonders wenn sie, wie Martin Strauss, an einer seltenen neurologischen Krankheit leiden, an der sogenannten Konfabulation: Konfabulierende sind Menschen, die objektiv falsche Dinge erzählen, in der festen Überzeugung, dass sie wirklich genau so geschehen sind. Und so ist Martin Strauss fest davon überzeugt, dass er den weltbekannten Magier und Illusionskünstler Harry Houdini nicht nur sehr gut kannte, sondern ihn sogar tötete …
"It is the summer of 1976 and Salvo Ursari, a man of retirement age, is walking on a taut wire strung between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Centre, almost 1400 feet above the city. It is the most challenging performance of his life. Far below him in the gaping crowd stands his wife, Anna, to whom he has made a solemn promise: this wire walk will end his career. As a boy growing up in Transylvania, Salvo Ursari is haunted and inspired by the gypsy folklore that forms his heritage. When a tragic fire that envelops his entire family, Salvo is forced to flee his village and begin a lifetime's odyssey that takes him through the Transylvanian forests, to the streets Budapest - where he first learns the skills of a wire-walker - and eventually to the United States during the heyday of the Big Top."--Provided by publisher.
Tense and heartbreaking to its last page, 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' shows how life under seige creates impossible moral choices. When the everyday act of crossing the street can risk lives, the human spirit is revealed in all its fortitude - and frailty.