An edition of The Impostor (2008)

The impostor

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The impostor
Damon Galgut
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An edition of The Impostor (2008)

The impostor

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A gripping tale of guilty secrets, betrayal, and racial tension, of isolation and revenge in modern-day South Africa, from the Man Booker Prize--shortlisted author of The Good Doctor.

When Adam moves into the abandoned house on the dusty edge of town, he is hoping to recover from the loss of his job and his home in the city. But when he meets Canning -- a shadowy figure from his childhood -- and Canning's enigmatic and beautiful wife, a sinister new chapter in his life begins. Canning has inherited a vast fortune and a giant folly in the veld, a magical place of fantasy and dreams that seduces Adam and transforms him absolutely, violently -- and perhaps forever.

The Impostor evokes a hot and cruel and claustrophobic world, in which sex and death are never far from the surface. Skilfully interweaving the story of one man's struggle to regain his moral centre with the disorienting, often tragic effects of massive social and political change, it is Galgut's most powerful and unforgettable novel yet.

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Publisher
Penguin
Language
English
Pages
215

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The impostor
2008, Penguin
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The impostor
2008, Atlantic
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Published in
Johannesburg

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR9369.3.G28 I47 2008b

The Physical Object

Pagination
215 p. ;
Number of pages
215

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23229279M
ISBN 10
0143025732
ISBN 13
9780143025733
LCCN
2008531507
OCLC/WorldCat
228298376
Goodreads
4203194

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