Six Lives by Lavie Tidhar

Six lives, connected through blood and history, each rooted in the dirt of their inheritance, look to the future, and what it might hold. 

THE GUANO MERCHANT

In 1855, Edward Feebes travels to the guano islands of South America to investigate an irregularity in the accounts of the House of Feebes & Co.

MOMENTO MORI

In 1912, post-mortem photographer and reluctant blackmailer Annie Connolly plots her escape from Ireland to America on board the Titanic.

THE COUNTRY HOUSE MURDER

In 1933, idealistic Edgar Waverley faces a choice of the heart when he becomes embroiled in a country house murder.

THE SPY

In 1964, hapless KGB agent Vasily Sokolov makes his career conjuring valuable information from worthless detritus.

ZABBALEEN

In 1987, actor Mariam Khouri looks back at Black Dirt, the movie that lifted her from the streets of Cairo.

NEW YORK

In 2012, Isabelle Feebes attempts to break with her poisonous heritage once and for al. Can she forge a new life for herself in the New World? Can you ever truly escape your past?

Hardback

Language: English
Extent: 646
Publish Date: 29 Aug 2024
ISBN: 9781804543511
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Apollo