Edward Docx Livres

A gripping story of modern-day love and old-fashioned revenge. He is not quite as clever as he thinks he is. She is smarter than she seems. Jasper thinks that he has found the perfect life. A world-class calligrapher and a serial seducer, he is happily transcribing the immortal Songs and Sonnets of John Donne for his wealthy patron. But when a shameless infidelity catches up with him, things begin to unravel. Worse still, one afternoon the perfect woman turns up beneath his studio window and he realizes that he will have to abandon everything to win her. Brilliantly written, stylish and very funny, The Calligrapher is about the difference between men and women, about deception and honesty, and the timeless pursuit of love.

Arriving in St. Petersburg only to discover his mother dead in her apartment, thirty-two-year-old Gabriel Clarke and his twin sister, Isabella, struggle to make sense of their loss, unaware of their mother's abandoned son, Arkady, an amoral Russian predator out to claim his birthright, in a legacy of secrets, intrigue, and lies that follows one family across the generations. Original.

Was auf den ersten Blick aussieht wie ein abenteuerlicher Roadtrip in einem alten VW-Bus, ist in Wahrheit die letzte gemeinsame Reise einer etwas aus den Fugen geratenen Familie: Ein Vater und seine drei Söhne aus zwei verschiedenen Ehen sind auf dem Weg nach Zürich. In einer Klinik, die Sterbehilfe anbietet, will der Vater seinem Leben ein Ende setzen. Die knappe Zeit, die ihnen bleibt, lässt die Emotionen überschäumen: Sie lachen, sie streiten, sie betrinken sich und philosophieren über den Sinn des Lebens. Werden die Brüder den Vater von seinem Plan abbringen?