
The Gun Runner's Daughter
Neil Gordon(Author)
Picador (Publisher)
Published on 31. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-4472-2785-4 (ISBN)
Description
Law student Allison Rosenthal has lived a life of privilege - the finest schools, summers on Martha's Vineyard - her future is both brilliant and certain. But when her father is arrested for illegally selling arms to Bosnian Muslims on behalf of an Israeli weapons manufacturer, Allison's life is thrown into chaos.
As the trial rocks the presidential administration and the media's unblinking eye focuses on her family, Allison is forced to decide where her loyalties lie.
Audacious and thrilling, The Gun Runner's Daughter cleverly explores the consequences of personal and political entanglement.
As the trial rocks the presidential administration and the media's unblinking eye focuses on her family, Allison is forced to decide where her loyalties lie.
Audacious and thrilling, The Gun Runner's Daughter cleverly explores the consequences of personal and political entanglement.
Reviews / Votes
A moral thriller . . . mesmerizing, raising issues that most prefer to leave buried and forgotten * New York Times * Wonderfully suspenseful * Washington Post * A complicated plot bursting with skulduggery and finishing off with a satisfying surprise * New York Times * A well-crafted story of intrigue, honour and love * Newsday *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-2785-4 (9781447227854)
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Person
Neil Gordon is the author of four novels: Sacrifice of Isaac, The Gun Runner's Daughter, The Company You Keep, and, forthcoming, You're a Big Girl Now. He holds a PhD in French Literature from Yale University and is a literary editor at the Boston Review as well as Professor of Writing at the New School and Professor of Comparative Literature and Dean of the American University of Paris.