Gallowglass
Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine
Roman um die Leiden einer tiefen Liebe unddas Porträt einer wirklich nutzlosen Person, die trotz aller Schönheit nur Leid insLebenaller bringt, die sie kennen.
Read Time: ~4.6 hr
Fictions and lies
by Irina Ratushinskaya (1999)
About this book
"A writer dies suddenly, in fear of KGB pursuit. His last manuscript, which is thought to be dangerously anti-Soviet, is missing from his apartment, so immediately becomes the object of a rabid police search."--Jacket.
Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreFictions and lies Lead Character
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