Barbara de Lange Livres

Fuyant la station-service paternelle, bourse en poche, Richard doit son entrée à l'université de Hampden, dans le Vermont, à son opportunisme bien plus qu'à son talent. Prêt à tout pour arriver haut, et vite, le voilà introduit dans la classe du professeur Julian, vouée à l'étude des Anciens, grecs et latins. La petite communauté vit en vase clos, avec deux mots d'ordre : discipline et secret. Très vite, Richard devine sous le vernis des apparences une tache indélébile, du rouge le plus sombre. Tout ici n'est que vice, secret, trahison, manipulation....

Like The Lovely Bones and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Cammie McGovern’s breakout novel is at once a hypnotic thriller and an affecting portrait of people as real as our next-door neighbors. In Eye Contact, two children vanish in the woods behind their elementary school. Hours later, nine-year-old Adam is found alive, the sole witness to his playmate’s murder. But because Adam has autism, he is a silent witness. Only his mother, Cara, can help decode his behavior for the police. As the suspense ratchets, Eye Contact becomes a heart-stopping exploration of the bond between a mother and a very special child.