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- Author:Harriet Lane
- ISBN:1451673175
- ISBN13:978-1451673173
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- Publisher:Scribner; Reprint edition (January 8, 2013)
- Pages:240 pages
- Subcategory:Thrillers & Suspense
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- Rating:4.7
- Votes:362
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Harriet Lane writes with style, wrapping her suspenseful debut in lovely bits of gently creepy description, as well as delicious social critiqu. fast, sharp read. Mindy Farabee Boston Globe).
Only 4 left in stock (more on the way). Harriet Lane writes with style, wrapping her suspenseful debut in lovely bits of gently creepy description, as well as delicious social critiqu. A deft and lively brain-twist of a thriller for which the only word that seems apropos is ‘spellbinding. (Julia Keller Chicago Tribune). Controlled and precise, Lane’s writing bewitches with its undertones of implied meanings and carefully hidden secrets.
With her unforgettable protagonist, author Harriet Lane draws readers into a tightly paced tale that careens towards an audacious ending.
With this unforgettable protagonist, author Harriet Lane draws readers into a tightly paced tale that careens towards an audacious ending. Transfixing, insightful, and unsettling, Alys, Always drops readers into the mind of an enigmatic young woman whose perspective on a glamorous world shines a light on those on the outside who would risk everything to be accepted.
It is not until later that we learn the dead woman, Alys, was wife to Laurence Kyte, a distinguished novelist (his newest novel dedicated to "Alys, always").
There is a fascination about the gap between her nondescript appearance and what goes on in her head. It is not until later that we learn the dead woman, Alys, was wife to Laurence Kyte, a distinguished novelist (his newest novel dedicated to "Alys, always"). The Kytes request a meeting with Frances, through the police, but can have no clue what "closure" will open.
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Alys, Always: A Novel. Alys, Always - Harriet Lane. With her unforgettable protagonist, author Harriet Lane draws readers into a tightly paced tale that careens towards an audacious ending. A suspenseful, assured literary debut that explores the dark side of desire and ambition through one woman’s unlikely entry into an elite world and a destiny of her own design. ON A BITTER WINTER’S NIGHT, Frances Thorpe comes upon the aftermath of a car crash and, while comforting the dying driver, Alys Kyte, hears her final words.
Alys, Always, the first novel by Harriet Lane, has received rather a lot of press, and all of it - without exception, as far as I'm aware - has been positive
Alys, Always, the first novel by Harriet Lane, has received rather a lot of press, and all of it - without exception, as far as I'm aware - has been positive. Given that the author is a former journalist who has written for most of the British broadsheets, this isn't so surprising. But a few things about the book grabbed my attention anyway: the beautiful cover, the promise of a story set amidst the London literary scene, the comparisons to Zoe Heller's masterful Notes On a Scandal.
The writer on seeing her first novel, Alys, Always, become a stage play directed by Nicholas Hytner.
Listening to strangers' conversations on the bus Author of HER and ALYS, ALWAYS ietLane. The writer on seeing her first novel, Alys, Always, become a stage play directed by Nicholas Hytner. 12 December 2018 ·. Bridge Theatre. Today we're talking all things Alys, Always nister will be this fantastic lot.