A Lonely Man

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'A taut, subtle, postmodern literary thriller.' - Sunday Times
'Gripping.' - Financial Times
'A delicate snare of a novel . Alluring and seductive.' - Brandon Taylor

He was the only one who knew it had happened and he would never speak about it. He promised himself that, standing in the darkness outside the house, lighting one cigarette from the end of another.

When two writers meet in a bookshop in Berlin, they begin an uneasy friendship. Patrick has a sensational story to tell, but Robert isn't convinced - until he decides to use it himself. A twist on the cat-and-mouse narrative, A Lonely Man is about the search for identity and the elastic nature of truth. As the two men's association hurtles towards tragedy, Robert is forced to confront whether actual events are the only things that give a story life, and if some stories are too dangerous to tell.

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'A Lonely Man is a remarkable debut; an accomplished and intricately plotted story that manages to be both thrilling and deeply considered. If you're a fan of existential crises, family dramas, Putin-era paranoias, and Bolao-style multiplicities, and want to see them woven into one taut novel, you're in the right place. A lonely triumph.' - Jon McGregor

'A classy page-turner... Unbearably tense, the intricate narrative delivers electric drama as well as thought-provoking reflections on storytelling ethics.' - Mail on Sunday

Author Bio

Chris Power is the author of Mothers, which was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. He lives in London.