Act of Oblivion - the brand new thriller from Robert Harris,available now'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece'Sunday Times'A stunning novel...the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end'The TimesDuring a sweltering week in late August,as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum,there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing,a man has disappeared,and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . .Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer,an adolescent girl,a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.'As explosive as Etna,as addictive as a thriller,as satisfying as great history'Daily Telegraph
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9780099527947Number of pages: 416Weight: 287 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
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Harris is a writer of integrity who does not seek refuge in postmodernist nonsense...He knows how to tell a story and achieves page-turningreadability without effort.Explosive stuff,indeed - and,yes,it goes with a bang.The depth of research in this book is staggering...Pompeii is indeed a blazing blockbuster.It is hard to imagine a more thorough-goingly enjoyable thriller readHarris had me imaginatively surrounded. I am lost in admiration at his energy and skill
Robert Harris
A heavyweight of historical fiction with a knack for creating page-turning political thrillers with literary credence,Robert Harris is best known for the'what if'masterpiece Fatherland and his Cicero series as well as the controversial Blairite-era roman à clef,The Ghost.
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