Patrick Flanery esplora temi complessi di identità e critica sociale attraverso uno stile di scrittura penetrante. Il suo lavoro, informato da un profondo coinvolgimento con la storia letteraria, offre una lente unica sulla condizione umana. L'approccio di Flanery è caratterizzato da una meticolosa attenzione ai dettagli e da un talento nel creare personaggi ricchi e sfaccettati. La sua prosa stimola la riflessione, lasciando un'impressione duratura sul lettore.
As the financial crisis hits, property developer Paul Krovik is driven insane by the failure of his dream. Julia and Nathaniel arrive from Chicago with their son, Copley, and buy up Paul's signature home in a mortgage sale. They move into the half-finished subdivision and settle into their brave new world. Yet violence lies just beneath the surface of this land, and simmers deep within Nathaniel.
Set in the post-Snowden era of creeping surveillance of ordinary citizens and everyday life, I Am No One explores how a world without privacy is a world without freedom of expression.
A feverish vision of McCarthy-era Hollywood...
'A wonderfully constructed and gripping novel about betrayal and shadows in South Africa' AS Byatt, Guardian, 'Books of the Year' Following the critical acclaim for his astonishing debut novel, Flanery has confirmed himself as one of the brightest rising literary stars
A raw and heart-wrenching literary memoir about a queer couple's attempt to adopt a child.