The Monkey House

The Monkey House

by JohnFullerton (Author)

Synopsis

Rosso is the Detective Inspector trying to find a brutal murderer in the heart of a Balkan city ravaged by war. He has learnt to take each day as it comes, with bullets, violence and death around every corner.

Luka is Sarajevo's crime boss, intent on exploiting the misery of his city's inhabitants while also providing the only means of defence they have left.

Tanja is the young woman loved, and set up, by both men and faced with an impossible conflict of loyalties.

Flett is the foreign reporter, a U.S. citizen who hears and sees it all, partially protected by his job, but like the others, sucked in to the mire that is Sarajevo, once an elegant capital, now a battered but defiant place torn apart by a civilisation that has turned on itself.

`'With a clarity that is sharp and painful, Fullerton's first novel captures the emotions of small people trapped in a mad war: terror and privation, compassion and Balkan gallows humour. Given his narrative drive and masterly suspense, he has a very serious future'' Daily Telegraph

'`Fullerton captures the grit and dust of the imploding city beautifully'' Observer

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More Information

Format: Unabridged
Pages: 352
Edition: Unabridged
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: 06 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 0330419757
ISBN 13: 9780330419758

Media Reviews
'I wouldn't compare this to Gorky Park, I would compare it to Dante's Inferno. The mystery is, why aren't there more books as good as this? The reason is that very few of us have been to places as dark as this, and John Fullerton has.' Martin Cruz Smith