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Ed King

Ed King

by David Guterson (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

In 1962, when Walter Cousins sleeps with his British au pair, Diane Burroughs, he can have no sense of the magnitude of his error: this brief affair sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions, upending Sophocles's immortal tale of fate, free will, and forbidden desire. At the centre is Ed King, an infant given up for adoption who becomes one of the world's most powerful men. But beneath the gripping story of Ed's seemingly inexorable rise to fame and fortune is a dark and unsettling destiny, one that approaches with ever-increasing suspense as the novel reaches its shattering conclusion.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 30 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 1408821990
ISBN 13: 9781408821992
Book Overview: From the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, compulsively readable retelling of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex that takes us from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to the twenty-first century headquarters of an Internet search giant.

Media Reviews
A great story and a riveting read * Daily Mail *
Superbly organised and sophisticated ... Excellently entertaining * Sunday Times *
[A] compelling moral fable ... beautiful writing * The Times *
Guterson is a gifted writer * Guardian *
Author Bio
David Guterson is the author of the novels Snow Falling on Cedars, East of the Mountains, Our Lady of the Forest and The Other; a collection of short stories, The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind, and of the non-fiction book Family Matters: Why Home Schooling Makes Sense. Snow Falling on Cedars won the PEN/ Faulkner Award. David Guterson lives in Washington State.