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Klappentext_____________________________* A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 ** WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 * A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic´ THE TIMES An astonishing novel´ BERNARDINE EVARISTO Deeply impressive ´ HILARY MANTELThe music was still playing when Dalton Changoor vanished into thin air... On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognisable to those who reside in the farm´s shadow. Down below is the barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops - Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, who live hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty and devotion to faith. When Dalton Changoor goes missing and Marlee´s safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as watchman. But as the mystery of Dalton´s disappearance unfolds their lives become hellishly entwined, and the small community altered forever.Hungry Ghosts is a mesmerising novel about violence, religion, family and class, rooted in the wild and pastoral landscape of 1940s colonial central Trinidad.A 2023 highlight for: Financial Times * Guardian * Evening Standard * Daily Mail * BBC News
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-5266-4448-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum16.02.2023
Seiten352 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 158 mm, Höhe 237 mm, Dicke 34 mm
Gewicht658 g
Artikel-Nr.59008435
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GenreRomane Hardcover