The Farm
Autor Tom Rob Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 feb 2015
The Farm
If you refuse to believe me, I will no longer consider you my son.
Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden. But with a single phone call, everything changes.
Your mother...she's not well, his father tells him.She's been imagining things - terrible, terrible things. She's had a psychotic breakdown, and been committed to a mental hospital.
Before Daniel can board a plane to Sweden, his mother calls:Everything that man has told you is a lie. I'm not mad... I need the police... Meet me at Heathrow.
Caught between his parents, and unsure of who to believe or trust, Daniel becomes his mother's unwilling judge and jury as she tells him an urgent tale of secrets, of lies, of a crime and a conspiracy that implicates his own father.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455551064
ISBN-10: 1455551066
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1455551066
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
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Notă biografică
Tom
Rob
Smith
graduated
from
Cambridge
University
in
2001
and
lives
in
London.
His
novels
in
theChild
44trilogy
wereNew
York
Timesbestsellers
and
international
publishing
sensations.
Among
its
many
honors,Child
44won
the
ITW
2009
Thriller
Award
for
Best
First
Novel,The
Strand
Magazine2008
Critics
Award
for
Best
First
Novel,
the
CWA
Ian
Fleming
Steel
Dagger
Award,
and
was
longlisted
for
the
Man
Booker
Prize.
Recenzii
"From
the
very
first
page,The
Farmhas
all
the
trappings
of
a
thriller
with
a
deep,
dark
conspiracy
at
its
heart,
but
Smith
isn't
content
to
stick
to
formulas.
Through
a
first-person
narrative
that
allows
us
to
view
this
drama
through
Daniel's
always
engaging
eyes,
he
weaves
in
and
out
of
secrets
and
truths,
sins
and
redemptions,
crafting
a
thriller
that
weaves
a
satisfyingly
juicy
web
of
deception
and
is
also
an
unpredictable
page-turner.
It's
a
rare
thing
to
see
an
author
so
completely
embody
the
trappings
of
his
genre
and
also
surprise
the
reader,
but
Smith
achieves
it
withThe
Farm.Child
44fans
as
well
as
those
looking
to
get
lost
in
an
immersive
thriller
will
find
this
a
gripping
read."—BookPage
"[A] superior psychological thriller...Smith keeps the reader guessing up to the powerfully effective resolution that's refreshingly devoid of contrivances."—Publishers Weekly(Starred Review) -One of the Top Ten Thrillers of 2014
"This is easily the novel I talked about the most this year and most adamantly pressed into other people's hands. British author Tom Rob Smith is a thriller writer, but of the literary, fiercely smart variety...Smith spins a novel of doubt and secrets set in a bleak yet beautiful Swedish landscape."—Shannon Rhoades, Morning Edition -Selected as one of NPR's 2014 Great Reads
"Smith does an expert job of putting readers into the narrator's uncomfortable shoes."—New York Post
"Tom Rob Smith breathes new life into the landscape, transcending the traditional crime fiction genre with an intricately-knitted thriller steeped in mythology...[Smith] demonstrates the same craftsmanship that saw his highly-acclaimed novelChild 44claim the Galaxy Book Award for Best New Writer and [be] long-listed for the Manbooker Prize, among its many plaudits. Meticulously weaving together literary themes of revenge and madness...this latest offering is a tapestry of fairytales old and new; so unsettling and oppressive that it blurs the distinctions between sanity and madness, reality and fantasy, leaving the reader guessing until the bitter end."—The Independent(UK)
"The Farmsustains its high dramatic pitch from London to Sweden and back through an immersive and tough-to-predict series of revelations about falsehoods and fantasies."—The Philadelphia Inquirer
"This is a neatly plotted book full of stories within stories, which gradually unravel to confound our expectations...Smith's twisting, turning novel shows that Scandi crime also retains the ability to surprise and thrill."—The Guardian(UK) -One of The Best Crime and Thrillers of 2014
"Tom Rob Smith'sThe Farmis an absorbing, unsettling, multilayered novel...The Farmis beautifully crafted, its effect enhanced by the author's admission that his own family faced a similar experience."—The Times(UK)
"'Impossible to put down' has become as overused a thing to say about books as the one saying that the people writing them should stick with what they know. In the case ofThe Farm, it is close to true (I read it in about three sittings and real life felt like an impertinent interruption whenever I had to put it down).Child 44was one of those rare books that managed to thrill both the Booker judges and the Richard and Judy brigade.The Farmis, perhaps, even better. It is so good, in fact, that you will finish it quickly and then be jealous of anyone who hasn't read it yet."—The Independent(UK)
"A cast-iron premise and a breathtaking opening... Smith has constructed a canny and enthralling story, one that veers off in unexpected ways to complicate and deepen his carefully timed plot. Throughout, he keeps us off-kilter at every turn."—The Seattle Times
"Is there anything more innerving than the realization that you can't trust your own mother? Maybe the realization that you can't trust your father either. That's the killer premise ofThe Farm."—New York Times Book Review
"Gripping, atmospheric...This absorbing novel thrives on gradually revealing the intimate details of lives, showing how they become hidden not only from strangers, but from those closest to them. The relationship between parents and children is excellently explored as the author traces the toxic effect of lies and reveals some shocking home truths."—The Observer(UK)
"Chilling, hypnotic and thoroughly compelling. You will not read a better thriller this year."—Mark Billingham, international bestselling author ofThe Dying Hours
"On rare occasions, an author pulls off the high-wire act of writing a crime-oriented novel that easily transcends the genre.The Farmis one of these...[Smith's] skills are as finely honed as ever, with this tale that's both a page turner and a searing examination of the lives of our protagonist, his lover and his family. Structurally innovative and stylistically resonant,The Farmis a remarkable achievement."—Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author ofThe Kill Room
"I read this book in two greedy sittings, absolutely and joyfully clueless as to where it was leading. Tom Rob Smith has created a truly original and chilling thriller, which makes you ask yourself 'who wouldIbelieve'?"—Jojo Moyes,New York Timesbestselling author ofMe Before You
"A mind-blowing, addictive plot that will have you on the edge of your seat, tearing through the pages as the truth - involving a missing teenage girl, Swedish folklore and some sinister neighbors - slowly leaks out."—Stylist(UK)
"A pacey page-turner with an ending you'll be dying to talk about."—Good Housekeeping(UK) - Thriller of the Month
"On rare occasions, an author pulls off the high-wire act of writing a crime-oriented novel that easily transcends the genre.The Farmis one of these. In the vein of Høeg'sSmilla's Sense of Snowand Le Carre'sA Perfect Spy, the tale brilliantly choreographs the collision of the present with the familial past. Author Smith takes a new direction here, but his skills are as finely honed as ever, with this tale that's both a page turner and a searing examination of the lives of our protagonist, his lover and his family. Structurally innovative and stylistically resonant,The Farmis a remarkable achievement."—Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author ofThe Kill Room
"[A] superior psychological thriller...Smith keeps the reader guessing up to the powerfully effective resolution that's refreshingly devoid of contrivances."—Publishers Weekly(Starred Review) -One of the Top Ten Thrillers of 2014
"This is easily the novel I talked about the most this year and most adamantly pressed into other people's hands. British author Tom Rob Smith is a thriller writer, but of the literary, fiercely smart variety...Smith spins a novel of doubt and secrets set in a bleak yet beautiful Swedish landscape."—Shannon Rhoades, Morning Edition -Selected as one of NPR's 2014 Great Reads
"Smith does an expert job of putting readers into the narrator's uncomfortable shoes."—New York Post
"Tom Rob Smith breathes new life into the landscape, transcending the traditional crime fiction genre with an intricately-knitted thriller steeped in mythology...[Smith] demonstrates the same craftsmanship that saw his highly-acclaimed novelChild 44claim the Galaxy Book Award for Best New Writer and [be] long-listed for the Manbooker Prize, among its many plaudits. Meticulously weaving together literary themes of revenge and madness...this latest offering is a tapestry of fairytales old and new; so unsettling and oppressive that it blurs the distinctions between sanity and madness, reality and fantasy, leaving the reader guessing until the bitter end."—The Independent(UK)
"The Farmsustains its high dramatic pitch from London to Sweden and back through an immersive and tough-to-predict series of revelations about falsehoods and fantasies."—The Philadelphia Inquirer
"This is a neatly plotted book full of stories within stories, which gradually unravel to confound our expectations...Smith's twisting, turning novel shows that Scandi crime also retains the ability to surprise and thrill."—The Guardian(UK) -One of The Best Crime and Thrillers of 2014
"Tom Rob Smith'sThe Farmis an absorbing, unsettling, multilayered novel...The Farmis beautifully crafted, its effect enhanced by the author's admission that his own family faced a similar experience."—The Times(UK)
"'Impossible to put down' has become as overused a thing to say about books as the one saying that the people writing them should stick with what they know. In the case ofThe Farm, it is close to true (I read it in about three sittings and real life felt like an impertinent interruption whenever I had to put it down).Child 44was one of those rare books that managed to thrill both the Booker judges and the Richard and Judy brigade.The Farmis, perhaps, even better. It is so good, in fact, that you will finish it quickly and then be jealous of anyone who hasn't read it yet."—The Independent(UK)
"A cast-iron premise and a breathtaking opening... Smith has constructed a canny and enthralling story, one that veers off in unexpected ways to complicate and deepen his carefully timed plot. Throughout, he keeps us off-kilter at every turn."—The Seattle Times
"Is there anything more innerving than the realization that you can't trust your own mother? Maybe the realization that you can't trust your father either. That's the killer premise ofThe Farm."—New York Times Book Review
"Gripping, atmospheric...This absorbing novel thrives on gradually revealing the intimate details of lives, showing how they become hidden not only from strangers, but from those closest to them. The relationship between parents and children is excellently explored as the author traces the toxic effect of lies and reveals some shocking home truths."—The Observer(UK)
"Chilling, hypnotic and thoroughly compelling. You will not read a better thriller this year."—Mark Billingham, international bestselling author ofThe Dying Hours
"On rare occasions, an author pulls off the high-wire act of writing a crime-oriented novel that easily transcends the genre.The Farmis one of these...[Smith's] skills are as finely honed as ever, with this tale that's both a page turner and a searing examination of the lives of our protagonist, his lover and his family. Structurally innovative and stylistically resonant,The Farmis a remarkable achievement."—Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author ofThe Kill Room
"I read this book in two greedy sittings, absolutely and joyfully clueless as to where it was leading. Tom Rob Smith has created a truly original and chilling thriller, which makes you ask yourself 'who wouldIbelieve'?"—Jojo Moyes,New York Timesbestselling author ofMe Before You
"A mind-blowing, addictive plot that will have you on the edge of your seat, tearing through the pages as the truth - involving a missing teenage girl, Swedish folklore and some sinister neighbors - slowly leaks out."—Stylist(UK)
"A pacey page-turner with an ending you'll be dying to talk about."—Good Housekeeping(UK) - Thriller of the Month
"On rare occasions, an author pulls off the high-wire act of writing a crime-oriented novel that easily transcends the genre.The Farmis one of these. In the vein of Høeg'sSmilla's Sense of Snowand Le Carre'sA Perfect Spy, the tale brilliantly choreographs the collision of the present with the familial past. Author Smith takes a new direction here, but his skills are as finely honed as ever, with this tale that's both a page turner and a searing examination of the lives of our protagonist, his lover and his family. Structurally innovative and stylistically resonant,The Farmis a remarkable achievement."—Jeffery Deaver, bestselling author ofThe Kill Room
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A suspenseful psychological thriller from the author of Booker-longlisted Child 44, now a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman
A suspenseful psychological thriller from the author of Booker-longlisted Child 44, now a film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman