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PublisherPenguin Random House

ISBN-100099449129

ISBN-139780099449126

eBay Product ID (ePID)30271895

Product Key Features

Book TitleSmall World

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense

Publication Year2003

GenreFiction

AuthorMartin Suter

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.1 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal833.9/2

SynopsisAt first, they put Konrad's absentmindedness down to an immoderate fondness for alcohol. For years he had been a benign parasite on the Koch family, first as the childhood playmate of Thomas, heir to the Koch family fortune, later as caretaker of the Koch family holiday villa on Corfu. And they, in their turn, had used him as the mood took them. But when the villa burns down because of Konrad's forgetfulness, Elvira Senn, the matriarch of the Koch family, puts him on a strict regime. No longer allowed his daily tipple, Konrad recovers and even falls in love again. But then his condition deteriorates. He can't find his way out of the supermarket, let alone his way home. Soon Konrad doesn't even recognise his new lover. Alzheimer's has taken hold. As Konrad loses his present he regains his distant past, and this is what Elvira fears the most. As they watch and wait for him to rewind to the crucial moment, his life is in danger from far more than the debilitating disease... A gripping psychological thriller, Small World depicts a man with a void in his soul whose only salvation lies buried deep within himself., At first they thought Konrad s absentmindedness was due to his drinking. For years, he had been a benign parasite on the Koch family. But when their villa burns down because of Konrad s forgetfulness, Elvira Senn, matriarch of the Koch family, puts him on a strict regime. No longer allowed his daily tipple, Konrad recovers and even falls in love. But then his condition deteriorates, and Alzheimer s takes hold. As he loses his present, he regains his distant past, and this is what Elvira fears the most. As they wait for him to rewind to the crucial moment, his life is in danger from far more than a debilitating disease."

LC Classification NumberPT2681.U79S63 2003