Creation Lake [electronic resource] : Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024
Rachel Kushner2024
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**
**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
'Imagine Slow Horses’ Jackson Lamb in the body of Jodie Comer’s character in
Killing Eve' SUNDAY TIMES
'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill written by John le Carré' OBSERVER
Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her
mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the
beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation,
lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return
to primitivism.
Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy
villages, and finds Bruno’s idealism laughable, but just as she is certain she’s
the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is
seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own
tragic story.
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Author:
Rachel Kushner, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Vintage Digital, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781529926668
Language:
English
BRN:
528011
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |