Face of the Earth

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I FACE OF THE EARTH
ANDREW KLAVAN
"And on the lean land, where dreamt travesties unfold, unfolds the tale: two figures told to the two imagined, action laid on action until neither is a separate one, till each suggests the other, is the other, both the same; a visionary harvest and a crop of lies with no real difference but to different eyes."
In this remarkable novel, Andrew Klavan shapes the dreams and needs of two young drifters into a stunningly original tale of love and mystery.
For most of his twenty years, Palmer Higgs has felt the urge to wander, and for the last two he's tried to satisfy it. It's perhaps inevitable that an accident on the road should lead him to meet Janus Quintain, a handsome loudmouth "born to raise hell and the dead. A tall teller of (Continued on back flap)
(Continued from front flap) tales." The two join forces, and as they make their way across the country, Janus spins out the story of his search for his long-lost sweetheart, Mary. Whether lie... Tovább

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I FACE OF THE EARTH
ANDREW KLAVAN
"And on the lean land, where dreamt travesties unfold, unfolds the tale: two figures told to the two imagined, action laid on action until neither is a separate one, till each suggests the other, is the other, both the same; a visionary harvest and a crop of lies with no real difference but to different eyes."
In this remarkable novel, Andrew Klavan shapes the dreams and needs of two young drifters into a stunningly original tale of love and mystery.
For most of his twenty years, Palmer Higgs has felt the urge to wander, and for the last two he's tried to satisfy it. It's perhaps inevitable that an accident on the road should lead him to meet Janus Quintain, a handsome loudmouth "born to raise hell and the dead. A tall teller of (Continued on back flap)
(Continued from front flap) tales." The two join forces, and as they make their way across the country, Janus spins out the story of his search for his long-lost sweetheart, Mary. Whether lie or truth, entertainment or confession, what emerges is an enticing romance, with Janus as its hero and Mary as its beautiful and illusive heroine. So absorbing is the tale that Palmer falls in love with his vision of the woman and is willing to risk his life to decipher the lies and embellishments of the story and find her in the flesh. Palmer's obsession outstrips J anus's not-so-guileless yarn, and in the end, the search for Mary turns into a startlingly real kill-or-be-killed proposition. Vissza