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A sinister tale of haunting beauty, from The Outcast author Sadie Jones. It is the eve of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday and the family has assembled at Sterne, the once grand, now crumbling, family seat.
Impatient to see action, his other commitment in life is to his beloved wife, Clara, and when Hal is transferred to Cyprus she and their twin daughters join him. the British are defending the colony against Cypriots - schoolboys and armed guerillas alike - battling for union with Greece. Clara shares Hal's sense of duty and honour;
Traditional Chinese edition of The Outcast by Costa Novel Award winner Sadie Jones. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Den 10-årige Lewis har ikke nogen klare minder om sin far, der har deltaget i krigen, og er derfor stærkt knyttet til sin mor. Da faderen vender hjem indtræffer tragedien. Moderen omkommer i en drukneulykke, og ingen magter at tage hånd om drengen og hans sorg."Dette er en af årets bedste romaner, simpelthen." - Lektør, Michael Olsen " Den udstødte er som en thriller; spændingen og den ildevarslende atmosfære er fænomenalt bygget op…En stærk og lovende debutroman" - Financial Times "Den klaustrofobiske og truende atmosfære er konstant, men det er mere end ren spænding, der gør romanen til noget særligt. Hendes skrivestil er dybt medrivende, og behovet for at se retfærdigheden ske fyldest får en til at læse begærligt videre" - Independent on Sunday "Jones skriver foruroligende og med frygtindgydende klarhed om de undertrykkende 1950’ere…en imponerende ny stemme" - Observer
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