No Good Deed

John Niven (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2017
William Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-434-02329-5 (ISBN)

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What do you do when the homeless man on the street you’ve just given money to thanks you by name and turns out to be one of your `closest’ friends, one you haven’t seen for over twenty years? Take him for a hot meal and see him on his way? Give him a lot more money than you usually would? Or take him in and try to get him back on his feet? For Alan, there’s no question – only natural that he’d want to see his old mate Craig off the streets, even if only for a few nights, and into some clean clothes. But what if the successful life you’ve made for yourself – good job, happy marriage, lovely kids, grand Victorian house (you did well out of the property boom, thank you very much) – is one that that your old pal would quite like to have too? Even if it means taking it from you? Gradually, inevitably, mayhem ensues as Craig turns Alan’s orderly household upside down, threatening to wreck Alan’s life for good.

Following the divergent lives of two childhood friends, No Good Deed is a funny and painful examination of friendship; of the strange currents of ambition, loathing, pity and affection that flow between people over the decades; and of men getting older as they fail and succeed.

John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He is the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novels Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs, The Second Coming, Cold Hands, Straight White Male and The Sunshine Cruise Company.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.06.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Gewicht	325 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	0-434-02329-9 / 0434023299
ISBN-13	978-0-434-02329-5 / 9780434023295
Zustand	Neuware