Flight

Flight

by Adam Thorpe (Author)

Synopsis

Bob Winrush used to fly passengers, then worked for years as a 'freight dog', flying consignments of goods and sometimes people to all the corners of the world - including bush-strips in war zones: 'real flying,' as he called it. Until, one day, he walked away from a deal that didn't smell right - something a freight dog should never do. Now working as a private pilot for an Emirate prince in Dubai, he finds that moment of refusal catching up with him. Caught between those who want to find out more and those who want to cover their traces, he becomes a marked man, and flees to a remote Scottish island. Pursued by both armed assassins and a ruinous, bitter divorce, he struggles to re-fashion himself in this barren, beautiful place, taking on another identity. But back in the world of smuggled AK-47s and heroin, the stakes are rising. Despite the presence of Judith, the alluring environmentalist, memories of his uglier flights return to haunt him. Even in the furthest Hebrides his past is with him, and the predators are closing in. Adam Thorpe's tenth novel is an extraordinary amalgam: a vertiginous, page-turning thriller and a masterful work of literary fiction. Fast, funny and very frightening, Flight shows a new facet of this most brilliant of writers.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 03 May 2012

ISBN 10: 0224089013
ISBN 13: 9780224089012
Book Overview: An exhilarating new novel following Bob Windrush: a divorced, middle-aged commercial pilot, running from his past after turning down a suspicious job in the Middle East.

Media Reviews
A brilliant plotting, mesmerising read -- Penelope Lively * Guardian *
Nail-biting to the end * Good Book Guide *
This is breakneck, knuckle-whitening thriller, written with absolute brilliance - pooh to the Booker judges if this is not on the shortlist. -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Flight draws one in irresistibly. Alfred Hitchcock's influence is never far away...a zingy page-turner. -- Ian Thomson * Telegraph *
This book is so much better written than most thrillers that it's almost ridiculous. -- Andrew Martin * Financial Times *
Author Bio
Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, appeared in 1992, and he has published two books of stories, six poetry collections, and nine further novels, most recently Flight (2012). www.adamthorpe.net