Portobello

by Rendell, Ruth
4.8 out of 5 Customer Rating
ISBN: 9781439150405
Availability:
$7.99
Used - Trade Paperback - 9781439150405

Available Offers

Overview

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS

Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction's reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than forty years. Now, in Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London's Notting Hill.

Walking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction--and his own good intentions--Wren hatches a plan to find the money's rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners--people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren's life--and the life of his trusting fianc e--the consequences will change them all.

Portobello is a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London's most intriguing neighborhoods--and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Rendell, Ruth
  • ISBN: 9781439150405
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.49 x 0.79
  • Number Of Pages: 290
  • Publication Year: 2011
Language: English

Customer Reviews