A poignant and chillingly atmospheric novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Drowning People. Author winner of Grinzane Cavour Prize for Best First Novel (Italy). In print by Gardners Books. They were never an obvious group of friends. Julian came from the most staid of county families. Jake's passage from unassuming suburbia to the dreaming spires of Oxford happened only by chance ? and at great cost. And Adrienne, daughter of one of New York's wealthiest and most glamorous families, grew up more used to ...
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A poignant and chillingly atmospheric novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Drowning People. Author winner of Grinzane Cavour Prize for Best First Novel (Italy). In print by Gardners Books. They were never an obvious group of friends. Julian came from the most staid of county families. Jake's passage from unassuming suburbia to the dreaming spires of Oxford happened only by chance ? and at great cost. And Adrienne, daughter of one of New York's wealthiest and most glamorous families, grew up more used to appearances in Vogue than to Oxford's cold and dusty lecture halls. When the three of them arrive at university, it is Julian's sister, Maggie, who brings them together. It is her idea to teach Jake's childhood tormentor a lesson. But what begins as a game has life-changing consequences for them all ? ?The current King of the hot young writers is Richard Mason.?? The Times (UK) ?Devastatingly tragic, funny and utterly gripping.?? Independent on Sunday (UK
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Add this copy of Us: Library Edition to cart. $56.51, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Bolinda Audio.