The Passenger
1st Edition
Published on 7. September 2017
400 pages
978-1-4711-6203-9 (ISBN)
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'The mother of all conspiracy theories?' The Times
James Collard and his son Nick are on flight 103, from Frankfurt to London, then going onto New York just before Christmas in 1988. James leaves the plane after the first leg in London, leaving his son Nick to fly onto New York alone. Later that night he learns that the plane has exploded over Lockerbie. A distraught James gets dragged into the investigation, especially when it starts to seem like Nick might have been involved. James is soon involved in a web of spies, deceit and plots and he searches desperately for news of his son...
Chris Petit weaves an extraordinary story of conspiracy and intrigue in this brilliant novel about the Lockerbie bombing.
?'?An impressive tour-de-force of historical, political and criminal skullduggery, a kaleidoscopic collage of conspiracy and betrayal' Guardian
James Collard and his son Nick are on flight 103, from Frankfurt to London, then going onto New York just before Christmas in 1988. James leaves the plane after the first leg in London, leaving his son Nick to fly onto New York alone. Later that night he learns that the plane has exploded over Lockerbie. A distraught James gets dragged into the investigation, especially when it starts to seem like Nick might have been involved. James is soon involved in a web of spies, deceit and plots and he searches desperately for news of his son...
Chris Petit weaves an extraordinary story of conspiracy and intrigue in this brilliant novel about the Lockerbie bombing.
?'?An impressive tour-de-force of historical, political and criminal skullduggery, a kaleidoscopic collage of conspiracy and betrayal' Guardian
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Chris Petit has written a trio of acclaimed "beyond black" political thrillers covering a serial killer operating in sectarian Northern Ireland (The Psalm Killer); dirty money in World War II (The Human Pool); and terror, arms trading and the bombing of a civilian aircraft (The Passenger); as well as The Butchers of Berlin which also features the characters Schlegel and Morgen. Come in and Shut the Door is his latest novel. He is an internationally renowned filmmaker.
Content
- Cover
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: 46.5 Seconds
- Chapter 2: The Crash
- Chapter 3: The Disaster Zone
- Chapter 4: The Search
- Chapter 5: The Old Spy's Fate
- Chapter 6: The American
- Chapter 7: Charlotte
- Chapter 8: Interrogation
- Chapter 9: The Reporters
- Chapter 10: The Bombeat
- Chapter 11: Sapiens Qui Prospicit
- Chapter 12: Fugue States
- Chapter 13: In Memoriam
- Chapter 14: Separation
- Chapter 15: The Frame
- Chapter 16: Departures
- Chapter 17: Detour
- Chapter 18: The Gray Ghost Watched
- Chapter 19: The Hotel Register
- Chapter 20: What's My Line?
- Chapter 21: The Check-ins
- Chapter 22: The Worm of Uncertainty
- Chapter 23: Late Arrivals
- Chapter 24: It's My Party (and I'll cry if I want to)
- Chapter 25: Down By the River
- Chapter 26: Beatlemania
- Chapter 27: The Return
- Chapter 28: Limited Omniscience
- Chapter 29: Full English
- Chapter 30: Amazons of the Bidet
- Chapter 31: Coincidence of Geography
- Chapter 32: The Chinaman
- Chapter 33: In the Angle
- Chapter 34: Telephone Line
- Chapter 35: Dead Man Dreaming
- Chapter 36: Those Spooky Boys
- Chapter 37: The Two Lieutenant Angletons
- Chapter 38: The Polaroid
- Chapter 39: Limited Omniscience
- Chapter 40: Nazir's Trail
- Chapter 41: The Waiting Room
- Chapter 42: Airside
- Chapter 43: Just Like a Ballerina
- Chapter 44: The Abyss
- Chapter 45: Côte d'Azur
- Chapter 46: L'Age d'Or
- Chapter 47: Customs
- Chapter 48: The Frame
- Chapter 49: The Achilles Heel
- Chapter 50: The Favour
- Chapter 51: The Heath Extension
- Chapter 52: The Cathedral of Malign Intent
- Chapter 53: Import-Export
- Chapter 54: The Tropical House
- Chapter 55: The New World Order
- Chapter 56: Damaged Fathers
- Chapter 57: Voluptuous Ambiguity
- Chapter 58: Justified Paranoia
- Chapter 59: Payoff
- Chapter 60: Lazarus
- Chapter 61: The Old Fundamentalists
- Chapter 62: Snapshots
- Chapter 63: The Last Cold Warriors
- Chapter 64: Cargo
- Chapter 65: Furioso
- Chapter 66: The Greater Scheme
- Chapter 67: The Last Supper
- Chapter 68: Damnation
- Chapter 69: In the Land of the Blind
- Chapter 70: The Natty Dreamer
- Chapter 71: Force of Impact
- Chapter 72: The Catacombs
- Chapter 73: Extras
- Chapter 74: The Nervous Passenger
- 'Pale Horse Riding' Excerpt
- Chapter I
- Acknowledgements
- About Chris Petit
- Copyright
