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| Title | THE AMERICAN BOY |
|---|---|
| Author | ANDREW TAYLOR |
| Publisher | HARPER PERENNIAL |
| Subject | ADULT FICTION |
| Age Group | Adult |
| Series | |
| Language | English |
| Available | YES |
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The American Boy
By Andrew Taylor
| Interweaving real and fictional elements, a?The American Boya? is a major literary historical crime novel in the tradition of a?An Instance of the Fingerposta? and a?Possessiona?'. Repackaged as part of the Perennial fiction promotion. England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boya's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Drawn to Franta's beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught up in her familya's twisted intrigues. Then a brutal crime is committed, with consequences that threaten to destroy Thomas and all that he has come to dearly value. Despite his efforts, Shield is caught up in a deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies a? a tangle that grips him even tighter as he tries to escape from it. And what of the strange American child, at the heart of these macabre events a? what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allan Poe? | |
| Publisher | HarperPerennial |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780007266739 |
| Google Link | Click Here |
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