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Synopsis
Damien March hasn't thought of his eccentric uncle, Patrick, for almost twenty years, so he is shocked to learn that he has inherited his ramshackle house on Ionia, an isolated island off the coast of Cape Cod. But his new future means moving circuitously into his family's past; rummaging through his uncle's possessions, he finds letters and writings that provide scattered clues to Patrick's solitary life. And when he discovers a fragment of an unpublished novel, The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes, which seems to hold a sinister meaning, the stakes in the chase become dramatically higher. Perceptively written with an engaging wit.
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About the Author
Acclaimed writer Marcel Theroux is now one of the faces of the new BBC4 television channel, as well as being the son of Paul Theroux and the brother of Louis.
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'An engaging mystery and an illuminating story about family secrets and identity . the author's deft descriptions of an angular childhood spiked with the soft humour of hindsight remain in the mind' THE TIMES '[A] smartly written, atmospheric novel' INDEPENDENT 'Theroux has written a clever and engaging novel which, after lulling the reader into a false sense of comfort, takes great delight in turning the world upside down. An absorbing read' BIG ISSUE
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- PublisherAbacus
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0349114668
- ISBN 13 9780349114668
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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