The City of Your Final Destination

Resumen del libro

This startling, beautiful novel set in South America explores the mysterious concepts of love and home. 'If The City of your Final Destination were eligible for the Man Booker Prize I would be pressing for it to be on the shortlist.' Salley Vickers, The Times Omar has won an award to write the authorised biography of a celebrated yet obscure writer, Jules Gund. But first he must gain the approval of Gund's literary executors: his widow, his mistress and his brother.

Not allowing himself time for reflection, Omar acts against instinct and flies to the family's dilapidated mansion in Uruguay. If he cannot win their approval, he will lose his award, his job and, perhaps, his redoubtable girlfriend. Once there, he disturbs the uneasy intimacy of the world Gund has left behind and changes it for ever.

'A tender story - told with huge doses of wit and humour - about both destinations and destiny.' Lucia Graves, Daily Telegraph 'This is one to relish for its subtle dialogue, evocation of a languid, dreamy place and the sly, submerged comedy of random events.' Tamsin Dean, Sunday Telegraph 'A joy to read.' Ross Gilfillan, Daily Mail

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Peter Cameronx{0026}lt;/b (Pompton Plains, Nueva Jersey, 1959) es escritor. Estudió Literatura Inglesa en el Hamilton College de Nueva York, ha trabajado en el mundo editorial y ha sido profesor en varias universidades norteamericanas, como Columbia, Sarah Lawrence o Yale. Antes de publicar su primer libro, una colección de relatos titulada x{0026}lt;i De un modo u otrox{0026}lt;/i (1986), había publicado varios cuentos en x{0026}lt;i The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/i , y desde entonces se ha consolidado como un escritor de fama internacional. Entre sus novelas destacan x{0026}lt;i Año bisiestox{0026}lt;/i (1990), x{0026}lt;i Un fin de semanax{0026}lt;/i (1994; Libros del Asteroide, 2018), x{0026}lt;i Andorrax{0026}lt;/i (1997), x{0026}lt;i Aquella tarde doradax{0026}lt;/i (2002; Libros del Asteroide, 2015), x{0026}lt;i Algún día este dolor te será útilx{0026}lt;/i (2007; Libros del Asteroide, 2012), x{0026}lt;i Coral Glynnx{0026}lt;/i (2012; Libros del Asteroide, 2013) y x{0026}lt;i Lo que pasa de nochex{0026}lt;/i (2020; Libros del Asteroide, 2022).x{0026}lt;/p