The Singer's Gun
a propulsive thriller of identity and loyalty, from author of Station Eleven
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‘An eminently satisfying thriller’ - The Washington Post
The Singer's Gun is a taut, thrilling novel about a former criminal, the grip of the past and the things we are willing to sacrifice for love. From Emily St. John Mandel, the author of Station Eleven.
Anton has spent years constructing an honest life for himself. He and his cousin once undertook a dangerously risky criminal venture together - something he thought he’d left behind. But then a routine security check brings his past crashing back towards him.
His marriage and career in ruins, Anton finds himself in Italy with one last job from his cousin. But he has good reason to look over his shoulder. There is someone on his tail, and they are quickly getting closer . . .
‘Mandel’s talent is clearly visible from the get-go’ - LA Times
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mandel (Last Night in Montreal) attempts a globe-spanning crime novel, but the clunky, lukewarm result will please neither thriller aficionados nor more literary-minded readers. Anton Waker, a Manhattan water systems consultant, finds that his world is slowly imploding as his shadowy past as a document forger comes back to haunt him. Compounding his troubles is his alluring and Machiavellian cousin, Aria Waker, who is conspiring to reel him back in for one last big score. All the while, hard-nosed State Department G-woman Alexandra Broden is closing in on the forgery ring. Along the way the narrative travels from New York to Canada to Italy Anton must also come to grips with his crumbling marriage and an office romance. While Mandel's prose is brisk, the narrative reads like a slightly dressed-up B-movie screenplay flat, stocked with one-dimensional characters, and relying on awkward flashbacks to explain away character motivations. But the biggest problem is the narrative's blandness: the sex isn't sexy and the violence isn't especially violent.
