NVK (Paperback)

Temple Drake

ISBN 10: 1590519353 / ISBN 13: 9781590519356

Published by Other Press LLC, New York, 2019

About this Item

Paperback. A novel by RUPERT THOMSON writing as TEMPLE DRAKEHER SECRET MUST BE KEPT FOR ALL ETERNITY.Set in the otherworldly megalopolis that is todays Shanghai, Temple Drakes suspenseful first novel blends the gothic, the erotic, and the supernatural as it charts an intense and dangerous affair. One night in 2012, executive Zhang Guo Xing takes a group of European clients to a fashionable nightclub in Shanghai. While there, he meets a strikingly beautiful young Western woman called Naemi Vieno Kuusela. The physical attraction between them proves irresistible, and they embark on an intoxicating affair. But Naemi is not what she appears to be To Zhangs surprise, she veers between passion and wariness, conducting the relationship entirely on her own terms. He feels driven to find out more about her, and is swiftly drawn into a web of intrigue, mystery, and horror. Is she a ghost? A demon? Do the living dead walk the streets of twenty-first century Shanghai? Written in spare, high-octane prose, NVK is the first in a series of dark, hypnotic novels that explore the roots of desire and the cruel costs of immortality. Written in spare, high-octane prose, this suspenseful first novel is the first in a series of dark, hypnotic novels that explore the roots of desire and the cruel costs of immortality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NVK (Paperback)
• Publisher: Other Press LLC, New York
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590519353
• ISBN 13: 9781590519356
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A novel by RUPERT THOMSON writing as TEMPLE DRAKE

HER SECRET MUST BE KEPT FOR ALL ETERNITY.

Set in the otherworldly megalopolis that is today’s Shanghai, Temple Drake’s suspenseful first novel blends the gothic, the erotic, and the supernatural as it charts an intense and dangerous affair.
 
One night in 2012, executive Zhang Guo Xing takes a group of European clients to a fashionable nightclub in Shanghai. While there, he meets a strikingly beautiful young Western woman called Naemi Vieno Kuusela. The physical attraction between them proves irresistible, and they embark on an intoxicating affair. But Naemi is not what she appears to be…
 
To Zhang’s surprise, she veers between passion and wariness, conducting the relationship entirely on her own terms. He feels driven to find out more about her, and is swiftly drawn into a web of intrigue, mystery, and horror. Is she a ghost? A demon? Do the living dead walk the streets of twenty-first century Shanghai?
 
Written in spare, high-octane prose, NVK is the first in a series of dark, hypnotic novels that explore the roots of desire and the cruel costs of immortality.

About the Author

TEMPLE DRAKE is the pen name of acclaimed author RUPERT THOMSON, who has written eleven novels, including Never Anyone But You; Katherine Carlyle; Secrecy; The Insult, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and selected by David Bowie as one of his 100 Must-Read Books of All Time; The Book of Revelation, which was made into a feature film by Ana Kokkinos; and Death of a Murderer, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award. He lives in London.