A lonely man /
Power, Chris, 1974-
A lonely man / Chris Power. - First American edition. - 304 pages ; 22 cm
"An existential mystery that explores the uncertain intersection between fiction and reality, and the disastrous consequences of a chance encounter"-- Two British writers meet by chance in Berlin. Robert is trying and failing to finish his next book while balancing his responsibilities as a husband and father. Patrick, a recent arrival in the city, is secretive but reveals that he has been ghostwriting the autobiography of a Russian oligarch. The oligarch has turned up dead, and Patrick claims to be a hunted man himself. Robert doubts the truth of Patrick's story-- but it might hold the key to his own foundering novel. Now he must decide what is his for the taking-- and whether some stories are too dangerous to tell. -- adapted from jacket
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2020053582
Authors--Fiction.
Ghostwriters--Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Fiction.
British--Germany--Fiction.
Berlin (Germany)--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
A lonely man / Chris Power. - First American edition. - 304 pages ; 22 cm
"An existential mystery that explores the uncertain intersection between fiction and reality, and the disastrous consequences of a chance encounter"-- Two British writers meet by chance in Berlin. Robert is trying and failing to finish his next book while balancing his responsibilities as a husband and father. Patrick, a recent arrival in the city, is secretive but reveals that he has been ghostwriting the autobiography of a Russian oligarch. The oligarch has turned up dead, and Patrick claims to be a hunted man himself. Robert doubts the truth of Patrick's story-- but it might hold the key to his own foundering novel. Now he must decide what is his for the taking-- and whether some stories are too dangerous to tell. -- adapted from jacket
9780374298449 0374298440
2020053582
Authors--Fiction.
Ghostwriters--Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Fiction.
British--Germany--Fiction.
Berlin (Germany)--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.