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Five : a novel / Ilona Bannister.
Van Pelt - New Book Display PS3602.A668 F58 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bannister, Ilona, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Subway stations--England--London--Fiction.
- Subway stations.
- Passenger trains--Fiction.
- Passenger trains.
- Death--Fiction.
- Death.
- Gamblers--Fiction.
- Gamblers.
- Mothers--Fiction.
- Mothers.
- Children--Fiction.
- Children.
- Businessmen--Fiction.
- Businessmen.
- Older people--Fiction.
- Older people.
- London (England)--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Psychological fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Other Title:
- 5
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Crown, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Have you ever tried to pass the time by imagining the lives of the strangers standing next to you? Ilona Bannister's Five introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train. But these are not just any five people. From the beginning we know that one of them is going to die soon. Very soon. In five minutes the next train to London will arrive, killing one of them. But before this happens you will learn their stories. None of these people are saints. Readers might fall in love with the beautiful young man who is on the verge of gambling his life away. They may pity the cantankerous old woman who has fallen to the ground yet is refusing help. Perhaps readers will look away from the child throwing a tantrum. Or judge his mother, who must surely be to blame. And some will be curiously compelled by the successful and damaged businessman orbiting them all. These are the candidates for this morning's misfortune. But they don't know it. Only you know. And you, our complicit reader, will not be able to resist deciding who deserves to walk away, and who deserves only five more minutes to live. An incredibly original novel that breaks the fourth wall and asks the reader to be judge, jury, and executioner, Five looks at some of the most complicated issues of contemporary life: motherhood, disability, addiction. Every stranger has a story. And in Ilona Bannister's skillful hands, five people's stories come together to create an unforgettable novel"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9798217088027
- OCLC:
- 1557399150
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