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Burning angel and other stories

Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-2024
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A naïve young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career, while a young couple on holiday in Oman accidentally witness a killing that leads to their being hunted as well. An entomologist at a remote hotel in the Andamans survives a tsunami and uses a dead body to further her study of ants. Collected here, Lawrence Osborne's stories, like his novels, feel like nightmares set against calmly and meticulously observed backgrounds.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2024.
Collation:
342 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hogarth, 2023.
ISBN:
9781529114966 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2706497
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