Seven Lies

James Lasdun

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Part political thriller, part meditation on the nature of desire and betrayal, Seven Lies tells the story of Stefan Vogel, a young East German, whose yearnings for love, glory, and freedom express themselves in a lifelong fantasy of going to America. By a series of increasingly dangerous maneuvers, he makes this fantasy come true, his past seemingly locked behind the Berlin Wall and a new life of unbounded bliss ahead of him. But then his world begins to fall apart.

Book Details

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: Nov 1st, 2006
Pages: 210
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.24in - 5.54in - 0.52in - 0.42lb
EAN: 9780393329087
Categories: • Political• Thrillers - General

About the Author

Lasdun, James: - James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry, and short story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and the New Yorker, among others.

Praise for this book

Grimly funny, painfully sad, and beautifully written.--Marcus Eliason "Associated Press"

Poet James Lasdun confirms his career as an important novelist. . . . Macabre but sensationally authentic.-- "New York Sun"

A surprising and nuanced novel . . . that skillfully blends the political and the personal.-- "The New Republic"

Pitch-perfect. . . . And what finely wrought characters. . . . [Seven Lies's] complex plot falls into place with the irresistible inevitability of a clockwork's gears and levers.-- "Toronto Globe and Mail"