Description
Product ID: | 9780552777407 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Next of Kin |
Authors: | Author: John Boyne |
Page Count: | 640 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating For Owen has run up huge gambling debts and casino boss Nicholas Delfy has given him a choice: find £50,000 by Christmas - or find yourself six feet under. So when Owen discovers that he has been cut out of the will in favour of his beautiful cousin Stella, it is time to prove just how cunning he can be... 1936: London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic descendent of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle''s will. For Owen has run up huge gambling debts and casino boss Nicholas Delfy has given him a choice: find £50,000 by Christmas - or find yourself six feet under. |
Imprint Name: | Black Swan |
Publisher Name: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-09-13 |