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Richard Mason
Medium Paperback
Some wear
Yellowing pages
"My wife of more than forty-five years shot herself yesterday afternoon. At least that is what the police assume, and I am playing the part of grieving widower with enthusiasm and success... It was I who killed her."
Thus begins the much-hyped first novel by 20-year-old Oxford undergraduate Richard Mason. Your typical murder mysteryThe Drowning Peopleis not, for we are given the identity of the killer--thewho--immediately. The puzzle in this introspective novel iswhy--why did 70-year-old James Farrell murder his aristocratic wife, Sarah? The answer lies nearly 50 years into the past as the book ranges from Prague to London, from France to a remote castle in Cornwall. At its core is an intoxicating love affair between 22-year-old James, a talented violinist and hopeless romantic, and Ella Harewood, an American heiress to an English title, trapped by her heritage and destiny.
A beautifully written exploration of self-absorbed first love and its tragic consequences,The Drowning Peoplesoars beyond the highest of expectations placed upon it.
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