Dan Starkey is a journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife Patricia an appetite for drinking and dancing. Then Dan meets Margaret, a beautiful and apparently impoverished student, and things begin to get out of hand. And then Margaret is murdered. This novel won the 1994 Betty Trask Prize.
Dan Starkey Serie
Questa serie segue un giornalista che naviga nel turbolento mondo del conflitto dell'Irlanda del Nord. Con ogni caso, approfondisce gli intrighi politici e i drammi personali che plasmano la sua vita e la sua città. I lettori possono aspettarsi indagini avvincenti in cui i confini tra giusto e sbagliato sono costantemente sfumati. È uno sguardo avvincente sul giornalismo in tempi di crisi.
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The Horse With My Name
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Driving Big Davie
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
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