A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel

A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel

â€œAn addictive Rubikâ€™s Cube of vice that keeps turning up new patterns of depravityâ€¦ a satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thrillerâ€¦ A Ladder to the Sky is an homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyneâ€™s own." -- Ron Charles,Â Washington Post

â€œTake Meg Wolitzer's novelÂ The Wife...and cross it with Patricia Highsmith's classic Ripley stories, about a suave psychopath, and you've got something of the crooked charisma of John Boyne's new novel, A Ladder to the Sky." -- NPRÂ

Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesnâ€™t have is talent â€“ but heâ€™s not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They donâ€™t need to be his own.
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Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful â€“ but desperately lonely â€“ older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Mauriceâ€™s first novel.

Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fallâ€¦
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Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso.
Country USA
Brand Hogarth
Manufacturer Hogarth
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1984823019
Color White
ReleaseDate 2018-11-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781984823014

Country	USA
Brand	Hogarth
Manufacturer	Hogarth
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1984823019
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2018-11-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781984823014

A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel

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