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Betrayal / Karin Alvtegen ; translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray.
Van Pelt Library PT9876.1.L88 S8413 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alvtegen, Karin, 1965-
- Standardized Title:
- Svek. English
- Language:
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Revenge--Fiction.
- Revenge.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Suspense fiction.
- Crime -- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 297 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2005.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Swedish.
- Summary:
- Eva, a dynamic, successful young mother, is forced to reassess her marriage when her husband's apathy can no longer be ignored. When she discovers he's been having an affair with her son's day-care teacher, her grief and rage drive her into vengeful action. Fate leads her to Jonas, an isolated young man who for the past two years has been keeping vigil beside his comatose girlfriend. Burdened with his own sinister history of betrayal and his quest for acceptance, he sees a chance to start afresh with Eva. When Jonas and Eva react to redress their wrongs, the combination proves lethal ...
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Flora Haney Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Alvtegen, Karin, 1965- Svek. English. Betrayal.
- ISBN:
- 1841956104
- 9781841956107
- 9780857861641
- 1920885994
- 9781920885991
- OCLC:
- 58455014
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