04400cam a2200913 4500 468428215 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780553447385 0553447386 B01MPZZKTB Amazon e64af6ae-f918-4367-ac68-34e52aed46f8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 247814 247814 247814 3124621 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Osborne, Lawrence, 1958- Beautiful Animals [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3771kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2774kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. realistic fiction books. fiction psychological. Female friendship. literary fiction. action adventure. survival fiction. magical realism. family vacation. adventure books. murder mystery. beach vacation. greek islands. Mediterranean. fiction books. books fiction. fairy tales. Friendship. Historical. fairy tale. literature. Thrillers. Adventure. migrants. Vacation. Thriller. refugees. survival. Literary. romance. Fiction. classic. mystery. England. fantasy. family. novels. Horror. Modern. Greece. summer. Syria. Greek. hydra. love. WWII. War. HTML:<b><i><b>"Let's not mince words. This is a great book. Truly difficult to put down... sophisticated, smart and uncomfortable, and the story is cracking." – Lionel Shriver, <i>Washington Post</i><br /> "Startlingly good...Osborne has been described as an heir to Graham Greene, and he shares with Greene an interest in what might be called the moral thriller." – Katie Kitamura, <i>New York Times Book Review<br /> "<b>A seductively menacing new thriller</b> by Lawrence Osborne...who u<b>nites Graham Greene's fondness for foreign soil with Patricia Highsmith's fascination with the nastier coils of the human psyche</b>." <b>–NPR's "Fresh Air"</b></i></b><br /> FINANCIAL TIMES</i> SUMMER PICK 2017<br /> <i>GUARDIAN</i> BEST HOLIDAY READS 2017<br /></b><br /> On a hike during a white-hot summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, Naomi and Samantha make a startling discovery: a man named Faoud, sleeping heavily, exposed to the elements, but still alive. Naomi, the daughter of a wealthy British art collector who has owned a villa in the exclusive hills for decades, convinces Sam, a younger American girl on vacation with her family, to help this stranger. As the two women learn more about the man, a migrant from Syria and a casualty of the crisis raging across the Aegean Sea, their own burgeoning friendship intensifies. But when their seemingly simple plan to help Faoud unravels all must face the horrific consequences they have set in motion.<br /> In this brilliant psychological study of manipulation and greed, Lawrence Osborne explores the dark heart of friendship, and shows just how often the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions. Literature. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e64af6ae-f918-4367-ac68-34e52aed46f8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e64af6ae-f918-4367-ac68-34e52aed46f8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e64af6ae-f918-4367-ac68-34e52aed46f8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)