Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
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Published throughout Europe to widespread acclaim and prestigious awards, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me is by turns haunting and funny. As suspenseful as a masterfully crafted mystery, it is also a subtle and complex narrative sure to capture the minds and imaginations of readers everywhere.It's tiring having always to move in the shadows, having to watch without being seen, thinks Victor, who leaves Marta dead on her bed as he lets himself out of her Madrid apartment -- an unexpected end to what was supposed to have been an evening of passion while her husband was away on business.While Marta's elderly father is disconsolate that his daughter died alone, the rest of the family is all too aware that someone was sharing her bed that night. Dean, the widower, is determined to find out who it was. All might have remained undiscovered, but Victor cannot endure living with a secret. And so one man's secret leads to another man's -- and to the startling conclusion of an exquisitely told story.
Author: Javier Marias
Format: Hardback, 313 pages, 150mm x 217mm, 490 g
Published: 1997, Houghton Mifflin, United States
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Published throughout Europe to widespread acclaim and prestigious awards, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me is by turns haunting and funny. As suspenseful as a masterfully crafted mystery, it is also a subtle and complex narrative sure to capture the minds and imaginations of readers everywhere.It's tiring having always to move in the shadows, having to watch without being seen, thinks Victor, who leaves Marta dead on her bed as he lets himself out of her Madrid apartment -- an unexpected end to what was supposed to have been an evening of passion while her husband was away on business.While Marta's elderly father is disconsolate that his daughter died alone, the rest of the family is all too aware that someone was sharing her bed that night. Dean, the widower, is determined to find out who it was. All might have remained undiscovered, but Victor cannot endure living with a secret. And so one man's secret leads to another man's -- and to the startling conclusion of an exquisitely told story.