Inheritance

Resumen del libro

What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited GBP17million? This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentfully underpaid publishing minion. Arriving late to the funeral of his favourite schoolteacher, he ends up in the wrong chapel with one other mourner, too embarrassed to leave. Pressured to sign the register, little does he realise what effect that signature will have upon his life. The extraordinary story that follows tells of one man's failed love, the temptations of unanticipated wealth, the secrets of damaged families and the price of being true to oneself. It is a romance for our times.

Biografía del autor

Nicholas Shakespeare nació en 1957.Hijo de un diplomático, pasó buena partede su juventud en el Extremo Oriente ySudamérica. Se ha desempeñado comoperiodista para la BBC y como editorliterario en The Times, The Daily Telegraph,y The Sunday Telegraph. Entreotras, Pasos de baile, elegida en 1997como la mejor novela del año y trasladadaal cine en 2001 por John Malkovich. En1993, fue elegido uno de los nuevostalentos literarios de Reino Unido por larevista Granta y, desde 1999, es miembrode la Royal Society of Literature.