The execution : a novel / Hugo Wilcken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilcken, Hugo, 1964-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-destructive behavior--Fiction.

Self-destructive behavior.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations).

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

213 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Perennial, 2003.

Summary:

Matthew Bourne is very much the center of his own universe. He has a long-term partner, a mistress, and a high-flying career in a human rights agency where he is campaigning to secure the release of a condemned African dissident. When a colleague's wife dies in tragic circumstances, Matthew is called to identify the body -- a compassionate gesture he reluctantly undertakes. Only much later does he realize that this incident has seeped into his life like a slow poison, and he spirals into a nightmare of death and betrayal.

This riveting narrative is written in a smooth, dispassionate style that builds the tension and suspense to almost excruciating levels.

Notes:

First U.S. ed. published: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2002.

ISBN:

0060934085

9780060934088

OCLC:

53051344