On Java Road: The bastard child of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith METRO

Osborne, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 1529114950 / ISBN 13: 9781529114959

Published by Vintage, 2023

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240 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.59 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Java Road: The bastard child of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith METRO
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529114950
• ISBN 13: 9781529114959
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.17 kilograms

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Synopsis

A veteran British journalist living in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protestor amidst the pro-democracy demonstrations in this unsettling new novel from the acclaimed author of The Forgiven

After twenty years as an ex-pat reporter in Hong Kong, Adrian Gyle has almost nothing to show for it. But now the streets are choked with students demanding democratic freedoms, and the old world is beginning to fall apart.

Adrian's old friend Jimmy Tang, the scion of a wealthy Hong Kong family, has begun a reckless affair with Rebecca, a leading pro-democracy protestor. But when Rebecca disappears and Jimmy goes to ground, Adrian unearths the familiar old urge to investigate. Pursuing Rebecca's ghost to Java Road where the city's dead congregate, Adrian re-assembles her final hours - as he struggles to distinguish between delusion and reality.