{"product_id":"burning-angel-and-other-stories","title":"Lawrence Osborne: Burning Angel and Other Stories [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling and unnerving' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A NEW STATESMAN Book of the Year 2023**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e and characters out of their depth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA naive young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career; while a young couple on holiday in Oman accidentally witness a killing, which leads to their being hunted as well. An entomologist at a remote hotel in the Andamans survives a tsunami and uses a dead body to further her study of ants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollected here for the first time, Lawrence Osborne's stories, like his novels - 'elaborate and intricately plotted \u003ci\u003edances macabres\u003c\/i\u003e' (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e) - feel like nightmares set against calmly and meticulously observed backgrounds. With their nods to Daphne du Maurier and Roald Dahl, these nine long-form stories explore characters lost in the shadowed borders between the mundane, the fantastical and the violence of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osborne, Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49645893452115,"sku":"9781781090831","price":21.41,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47548740436307,"sku":"XG81781090831","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/osborne-lawrence-lawrence-osborne-burning-angel-and-other-stories-2023-paperback-59623414726995.jpg?v=1729489454","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/burning-angel-and-other-stories","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}