Přízračné dospívání v japonském zajateckém táboře poznamenalo malého Jima natolik, že po válce z něho vyrostl jeden z nejméně uchopitelných britských spisovatelů. Román, přestože poznamenán jeho mocnou imaginací, má reálný autobiografický základ. Patří mezi nejsugestivnější válečná díla, snad proto, že válka se tu zrcadlí v dětských očích.
Podle pozorovatele zvenčí patří Britové na odpočinku, kteří tráví své dny v pobřežním letovisku Estrella de Mar k idylické komunitě. Jejich životní styl je plný kulturních a sportovních akcí – jejichž středem je aktivní Club Nautico. Ale tento obraz dostane trhlinu, když při záhadnémpožáru, který vypukne během večírku, jehož se účastní členové klubu, zahyne pět lidí. Manažer klubu je zatčen a obviněn z vraždy.
Mythen der nahen Zukunft Dolce far niente Ein Schwarm rasender Phantasievorstellungen Tierkreis 2000 Nachrichten von der Sonne Kriegsschauplatz Die tote Zeit Das Lächeln Motelarchitektur Familienglück
The sequel to "Empire of the Sun", this story follows the travels of Jim, as he leaves Shanghai after the war and tries to settle firstly in England and then Canada. Shattered by personal tragedy, he throws himself into the maelstrom of the 1960s, searching for peace of mind
Paul and his wife Jane move to France so that she can take up a post as doctor to the new community of Eden-Olympia. According to its resident psychologist, the community is a place where one is absolutely free to "board the escalator of possibility". And, Jane does just that
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Ã1973.
This novel opens with the narrator in hospital after a serious car crash in which he killed a doctor's husband. When he leaves hospital, he revisits the scene of the crash, and meets the doctor. They begin an affair which involves sexual experiments on London motorways.
"For Thane Coder, a shot at running one of the richest, most influential corporations in America was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. And with his seductive, savvy wife, Jessica, showing him the way, his fate was decided." "All it took was a back door, a snowy night, and an old hunting knife to unlock more money than Thane could ever imagine." "After he murders his boss, mentor, and friend James King, Thane and Jessica leap into a life of corporate jets and tropical hideaways - a world of infinite luxury and privilege. But when King's son surfaces with suspicion and revenge on his mind, the Coders' empire begins to crumble." "Once an everyday American couple with a mortgage and weekend soccer games, they're now entering a twisted maze filled with federal agents, the Mafia, a son hell-bent on vengeance, and a relentless, old-fashioned tracker willing to follow this husband and wife to the ends of the earth to take them down." "In Kingdom Come, boardrooms become hunting grounds, handshakes become blood oaths, and even the people you hold closest to you - your family - become suspect."--BOOK JACKET.
After his ex-wife is killed in a bombing at London's Heathrow airport, psychologist David Markham infiltrates the shadowy protest group responsible and finds himself becoming brainwashed by the group's charismatic leader, a doctor based in Chelsea Marina -- an exclusive Thames-side address -- intent on rousing the docile middle classes to free them from the burdens of civic responsibility.
A century after America's financial collapse and the climactic upheavals of the 1990s, Wayne stows away on SS Apollo, bound for the New World on a voyage of rediscovery. He and the crew encounter hazards at every turn and ghosts from the past as they travel West. In Las Vegas, roaming bands of Mexican teenagers welcome them to the citadel of late 20th century glitter. Their charismatic leader - a William Burroughs look-alike addressed reverently as President Charles Manson - invites Wayne into hs cybernetic stronghold. But suddenly the erratic president takes fright at Wayne's alien presence and threatens to play deadly war games with an arsenal of leftover Titan warheads. Now it is not just the Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe holograms that are at risk...
