Rain
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2004
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New edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-7096-7 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-7096-7 (ISBN)
Not for the squeamish - or anyone with a phobia of snails - a gruesome and hilarious novel in the tradition of Carl Hiaasen and John Irving
"It will get better when it stops raining," said Leon. When Leon Ulbricht lands a contract to write a gangster's memoirs and moves into his dream home in an East German village with his beautiful wife Martina, everything seems set for an idyllic existence. But the dream home turns out to be in the middle of a fetid swamp; his house and marriage are falling apart; he can't write the book and has spent all of his advance. It rains without end and their attempts to repair the house, or at least dry it out, are hampered by the plague of slugs eating away at the foundations. And then the gangster, wondering why his memoirs are not yet completed, decides to get nasty.
"It will get better when it stops raining," said Leon. When Leon Ulbricht lands a contract to write a gangster's memoirs and moves into his dream home in an East German village with his beautiful wife Martina, everything seems set for an idyllic existence. But the dream home turns out to be in the middle of a fetid swamp; his house and marriage are falling apart; he can't write the book and has spent all of his advance. It rains without end and their attempts to repair the house, or at least dry it out, are hampered by the plague of slugs eating away at the foundations. And then the gangster, wondering why his memoirs are not yet completed, decides to get nasty.
Karen Duve was born in 1961 and lives in Hamburg. She has been awarded numerous awards for her short stories. RAIN is her first novel.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.4.2004 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 206 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7475-7096-5 / 0747570965 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-7096-7 / 9780747570967 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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