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The Ghost

From the Sunday Times bestselling author

Robert Harris author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornerstone

Published:3rd Jul '08

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A gripping contemporary number one bestselling thriller from the award-winning master of the literary thriller genre: Robert Harris. Adapted into a Golden Globe winning film, directed by Roman Polanski; starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor

The ghost soon discovers that his distinguished new client has secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill.

Robert Harris is once again at his gripping best with the most controversial new thriller of the decade.

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'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex' Sunday Telegraph

'Guaranteed to keep you awake' The Times

A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America's most exclusive holiday retreat. But it's no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security.

For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet - Britain's former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs - he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life.

When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue - from which there will be no escape . . .

'Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion' Economist

'Truly thrilling' Sunday Times

A master of the intelligent thriller... The Ghost is Harris back on sparkling form * The Times *
Truly thrilling * Sunday Times *
Robert Harris's latest thriller is more than a fun read: it is a super-duper, double fun bag-sized read thanks to his masterful plotting * Daily Telegraph *
A cracking good yarn... His writing is taut with wit and cleverness * Financial Times *
The Ghost is arguably the finest novel yet to have emerged from the so-called Age of Terror... This is an important book about the major issues of our time * Mail on Sunday *

  • Short-listed for British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008
  • Short-listed for Irish Book Awards: RTE Radio 1's The Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award 2008

ISBN: 9780099527497

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm

Weight: 291g

416 pages