Dunbar

Name: Dunbar
Brand: St Aubyn, Edward
SKU: PR-9781784701697
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Le Pitch

Dans ce roman contemporain, Edward St Aubyn explore les relations familiales complexes au sein de la puissante famille Dunbar. Henry Dunbar, ancien magnat des médias, se retrouve enfermé dans une maison de retraite par ses deux filles aînées, Abby et Megan, qui cherchent à s'emparer de son empire. Avec l'aide d'un comédien alcoolique, Dunbar planifie sa fuite dans les collines du Lake District. Pendant ce temps, sa fille cadette, Florence, tente de le retrouver. Une course-poursuite haletante s'engage, mettant en lumière les manipulations, les trahisons et les conflits de pouvoir au sein de la famille Dunbar. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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4ème de couverture

enry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he handed over care of the family firm to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan. But relations quickly soured, leaving him doubting the wisdom of past decisions...Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate?Biographie de l'auteurEdward St Aubyn was born in London. His superbly acclaimed Patrick Melrose novels areNever Mind,Bad News,Some Hope,Mother's Milk (winner of the Prix Femina étranger and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), andAt Last. The series was made into a BAFTA-award winning Sky Atlantic TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. St Aubyn is also the author ofA Clue to the Exit,On the Edge (shortlisted for theGuardian Fiction Prize),Lost for Words (winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize), andDunbar, his re-imagining ofKing Lear for Hogarth Shakespeare.

St Aubyn, Edward

Dunbar

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Le Pitch

Dans ce roman contemporain, Edward St Aubyn explore les relations familiales complexes au sein de la puissante famille Dunbar. Henry Dunbar, ancien magnat des médias, se retrouve enfermé dans une maison de retraite par ses deux filles aînées, Abby et Megan, qui cherchent à s'emparer de son empire. Avec l'aide d'un comédien alcoolique, Dunbar planifie sa fuite dans les collines du Lake District. Pendant ce temps, sa fille cadette, Florence, tente de le retrouver. Une course-poursuite haletante s'engage, mettant en lumière les manipulations, les trahisons et les conflits de pouvoir au sein de la famille Dunbar. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Détails du livre

Titre complet

Dunbar

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Editeur

Publication

27 juin 2018

Pages

224

Taille

19.8 x 12.9 x 1.7 cm

Poids

220

ISBN-13

9781784701697

Contenu

4ème de couverture

enry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he handed over care of the family firm to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan. But relations quickly soured, leaving him doubting the wisdom of past decisions...Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate?Biographie de l'auteurEdward St Aubyn was born in London. His superbly acclaimed Patrick Melrose novels areNever Mind,Bad News,Some Hope,Mother's Milk (winner of the Prix Femina étranger and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), andAt Last. The series was made into a BAFTA-award winning Sky Atlantic TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. St Aubyn is also the author ofA Clue to the Exit,On the Edge (shortlisted for theGuardian Fiction Prize),Lost for Words (winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize), andDunbar, his re-imagining ofKing Lear for Hogarth Shakespeare.