De Si Bons Américains
1994 - Payot Published in Francia,
Dans De si bons Américains, à la manière d’un romain picaresque, John Saul observe la vie d’Américains modernes et riches, plutôt « nouveaux riches. » En ami ou en simple connaissance, il se faufile dans les grand hôtels de...
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The Paradise Eater
1988 Published in USA, UK, Thailand, Italy, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Canada, Australia,
On the edge of the civilized world lies rotting Bangkok – a once beautiful Oriental jewel of a city, now devoted to a perverse mix of pleasure and pain. It is a place where violence meets innocence and the good die young, if they are lucky. This is John Field’s paradise on earth.
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The Next Best Thing
1986 Published in USA, UK, Prague, Ljubljana, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Bucarest, Belgrade, Australia,
James Spenser is a man obsessed by beauty – a collector haunted by his almost supernatural response to art. A sophisticated, complex character, he would seem the last man on earth to turn to theft. But his target is exceptional: twenty 11 th-century Buddhas from the deserted city of Pagan, Bur...
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Baraka: Or the Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith
1983 Published in USA, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, France, Canada, Australia,
On the surface, Baraka is a raw, exciting story of oil, arms, and guerrilla warfare in the Sahara. But the core of the novel is the friendship and love which link Anthony Smith, Martin Laing, and Martin’s wife Cosima – and the ambitions, desires and values which rip that love apart. It i...
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The Birds of Prey
1977 Published in US, UK, Thailand, Spain, Prague, Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Budapest, Brazil, Australia,
The scene is set in France and its colony, Reunion Island. On 9 March 1968 a DC6 aircraft carrying General Ailleret, Chief of the French General Staff, his wife and entourage, crashed on take off from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The only survivor was an air hostess. This is historical fact. ...
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