The Forgiven

Resumen del libro

'Utterly compelling...I couldn't put the book down' Observer'Surprising and dark and excellent' New York Times'A gripping and sophisticated thriller' IndependentSoon to be a major film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes David and Jo Henniger are on their way to a party at their old friends' home, deep in the Moroccan desert. But as a groggy David navigates the dark desert roads, two young men spring from the roadside, the car swerves and collides with one of the boys... Meanwhile, festivities at the house are in full flow.

Under the watchful eyes of their Moroccan staff, the extravagant hosts attend to the whims of their glittering, insatiable guests as the party rages on into a new day. The stage is set for a weekend in which David and Jo must come to terms with their fateful act and its shattering consequences. 'As menacing and engrossing as the best McEwan' Sunday Times

Biografía del autor

Lawrence Osborne (1958) nació en Inglaterra, pero ha vivido y trabajado en diversos países de todo el mundo: Nueva York, México, Estambul o Bangkok, ciudad donde reside en la actualidad. Estudió Lenguas Modernas en Cambridge, ciudad en la que publicó su primera novela: Ania Malina (1986). En 2010 obtuvo el Premio Napoli y en 2012 publicó la novela Perdonar (editada en catalán por Navona), que fue considerada uno de los mejores libros del año por The Economist, Library Journal y The Guardian. Otras obras suyas son The Wet and the Dry (2013), The Ballad of a Small Player (2014), Beautiful Animals (2017) o Cazadores en la noche (2019). Osborne colabora habitualmente en el New York Times Magazine, así como en la edición internacional de Newsweek.