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From the author of the award-winning The People's Act of Love It's 2001 and Adam Kellas is in Afghanistan, reporting the US attacks on the Taliban for his London-based paper. When he's not filing the kind of report he knows his editor doesn't want, he is writing a novel - a sell-out novel he hope will make his fortune. But it's the elusive US journalist Astrid Walsh who captures his attention, and remains in his thoughts long after he returns to London. Fourteen months later, with a dubious publishing deal, a gashed, bleeding arm and a twenty-nine-word email from Astrid, he's on the first flight to New York, to her. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, James Meek's new novel spans continents and cultures. It is a timeless tale of folly and the pursuit of love, set against the incendiary politics of our time. James Meek was born in London in 1962. He now lives in London where he writes for the Guardian, the London Review of Books and Granta. Meek's acclaimed novel, The People's Act of Love, won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2006. textpublishing.com.au 'Damnably hard to put down.' Jonathan Raban, London Review of Books 'Meek is a fine writer, and many sharp, droll lines pepper his text.' Lionel Shriver, Telegraph Review 'Meek, an accomplished journalist and novelist, manages to create truly believable characters in an unbelievably real world. Seemingly familiar characters and settings become utterly original with Meek's tremendous attention to detail. If you haven't read James Meek, this is a good place to start.' Big Issue Australia.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, E-Book zum download.
Fiction, Adam Kellas's worldhis lifeis not just crumbling, but cracking. An aspiring novelist, Kellas was in the midst of writing a thriller about terrorists and destruction in September 2001 when real life overtook his fictional plot. The terrible events of 9/11 left him scarred, disconnected from the people around him and the meaningless passivity of words. Now headed to the battlefields of Afghanistan as a war correspondent, he drives himself toward action, seeking some violent blow, inarticulate noise or mad mime-show of truth. In a country that is itself descending into chaos, however, Kellas is not the only broken soul. Astrid, an American journalist who is also struggling to keep her world from splitting apart, is another. As Kellas's plane touches down in Kabul, the last thing on his mind is a relationshipand the last thing he hopes for is redemption. Like his highly acclaimed The People's Act of Love , James Meek's We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is a novel that demands to be read and contemplated, its bold cinematic story and complex characters rooted in Meek's own experience as an award-winning journalist. Moving from the mountains of Northern Afghanistan to London and the waterlands of east Virginia, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is a tautly paced story of flawed individuals searching for perfect love, set against the incendiary politics and shifting ethics of our time. eBook.

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At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures.In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope.With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, CMG Books and Art [150], Toronto, ON, Canada.
0002008564 295 pages. Small red felt pen line at bottom page edges. A new unread copy. U.S. orders are shipped from our Lewiston, New York location.

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At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talente, At the dawn of the twenty-first century Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. In his quest from the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love from one of today's most talented and visionary writers.

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contemporary,genre fiction,literary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,thrillers,war, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent: A Novel, From the author of the best-selling, universally acclaimed The People's Act of Love comes the incisive and timeless story of a globe-trotting journalist's perils in the pursuit of love, set against the war zones and dinner parties of today's discordant and bewildering world stage.The world around journalist and would-be novelist Adam Kellas is cracking. As a war correspondent in the Afghan mountains during post-9/11 operations, Kellas reports on prescheduled surgical strikes with a nagging sense of complicity. At dinner parties in chic North London, he uneasily joins the debate of the wars from the comfort of their immaculate dinner tables. Divorced, unstable, spurned by his lover and publishing houses from Paris to New York, Kellas embarks on a strange and difficult journey that will lead him to a tiny rural town near the Chesapeake Bay. There, the elusive American reporter Astrid, with whom Kellas shared one passionate night, waits for him, holding a glimmer of hope for Kellas' life but also an unsettling secret. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent spans continents, cultures, and classes, brilliantly weaving together the hypocrisies, foibles, and passions of the way we live now.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Motor City.
At the dawn of the 21st century, Adam Kellas finds himself hurled on a journey between continents and cultures. From the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan to the elegant dinner tables of north London and then the marshlands of the American South, only the memory of the beautiful, elusive Astrid offers the possibility of hope.      With all the explosive drama of The People’s Act of Love, this is a spellbinding tale of folly and the pursuit of love, from one of today’s most talented and visionary writers., Paperback, Edition: Reprint, Format: International Edition, Label: HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers, Product group: Book, Published: 2009-03-24, Release date: 2009-03-24, Studio: HarperCollins Publishers.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books.
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Fairlane Books.
HARPER CANADA, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/vg. Signed. Very Good+ Hardcover in Very Good+ dust jacket, Signed by author,Previous owner's name, 1st Edition (stated), Satisfaction Guaranteed, International Shipping, Photos upon request.

Lieferung aus: Kanada, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Endless Shores Books.
Harper Collins, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +.