The Ghost

The Ghost

by RobertHarris (Author)

Synopsis

Britain's former prime minister is holed up in a remote, ocean-front house in America, struggling to finish his memoirs, when his long-term assistant drowns. A professional ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project - a man more used to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities than ex-world leaders. 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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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: First printing of this edition
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 01 Apr 2008

ISBN 10: 0099514664
ISBN 13: 9780099514664
Book Overview: 'Harris's latest unputdownable thriller... A sizzling suspense tale about doubleness and duplicity... Astrigently funny, cynical, shrewd and taut, the story has a sardonic bravura reminiscent of one of Graham Greene's entertainments .' Peter Kemp, Books of the Year, Sunday Times
Prizes: Shortlisted for British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008.

Media Reviews
A master of the intelliget 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 *
An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex, written with an insider's mischievous intimacy -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph *
Author Bio
Robert Harris is the author of twelve bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave and most recently, Munich. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.