The Glass Kingdom - by Lawrence Osborne (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Leaving New York for the heat, humidity and anonymity of Bangkok, Sarah arrives in Thailand with the sole desire to lose herself, a stranger in a strange land. Yet she also leaves behind a complicated past, and a deception she holds close to her chest. Taking up a lease at a high-end apartment complex called The Kingdom, she finds herself drawn into the close-knit social circle of three very different, but equally mysterious, ex-pat women: Ximena, the Chilean chef, creator of fine and delicious culinary creations; Nat, the British hotelier with the curious husband and even more curious maid; and the alluring Mali, who takes Sarah into her glittering world with all its shadow-play. As attempted coups wrack the city and political chaos erupts on the streets below, so do tensions within the gilded world of the compound. When a tenant in the building goes missing, and the disorder of the outside world begins to invade The Kingdom, the residents are thrown into unprecedented terror and suspicion. The question Sarah must now ask herself is: Who can she trust? The Kingdom is a brilliantly unsettling story of civil and psychological unrest, fate and karma, in the furthest reaches of the world and in the human psyche"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>NOTABLE BOOK - A <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>EDITORS' CHOICE - A tense, stunningly well-observed novel of a young American on the run, from Lawrence Osborne, "an heir to Graham Greene" (<i>The</i> <i>New York Times Book Review</i>)</b> <p/><b>"Bangkok is the star of this accomplished novel. Its denizens are aliens to themselves, glittering on the horizon of their own lives, moving--restless and rootless and afraid--though a cityscape that has more stories than they know."--Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Wolf Hall</i> and <i>Bring Up the Bodies</i></b> <p/> Escaping New York for the anonymity of Bangkok, Sarah Mullins arrives in Thailand on the lam with nothing more than a suitcase of purloined money. Her plan is to lie low and map out her next move in a high-end apartment complex called the Kingdom, whose glass-fronted façade boasts views of the bustling city and glimpses into the vast honeycomb of lives within. <p/> It is not long before she meets the alluring Mali doing laps in the apartment pool, a fellow tenant determined to bring the quiet American out of her shell. An invitation to Mali's weekly poker nights follows, and--fueled by shots of yadong, good food, and gossip--Sarah soon falls in with the Kingdom's glamorous circle of ex-pat women. <p/>But as political chaos erupts on the streets below and attempted uprisings wrack the city, tensions tighten within the gilded compound. When the violence outside begins to invade the Kingdom in a series of strange disappearances, the residents are thrown into suspicion: both of the world beyond their windows and of one another. And under the constant surveillance of the building's watchful inhabitants, Sarah's safe haven begins to feel like a snare. <p/> From a master of atmosphere and mood, <i>The Glass Kingdom</i> is a brilliantly unsettling story of civil and psychological unrest, and an enthralling study of karma and human greed.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>One of the Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020: <i>Washington Post</i> - CrimeReads - <i>LitHub</i> - <i>Newsday</i></b> <p/>"Exceptional descriptive skills fuel an overwhelming sense of menace: It is no mean feat to make the ending of a novel truly shocking. . . . The next day you will still be thinking of Sarah's fate with horror."<b><i>--The New York Times Book Review </i></b> <p/> "Bangkok is the star of this accomplished novel. Its denizens are aliens to themselves, glittering on the horizon of their own lives, moving--restless and rootless and afraid--through a cityscape that has more stories than they know."<b>--Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Wolf Hall</i> and <i>Bring Up the Bodies</i></b> <p/>"Osborne, a journalist and novelist, [who] distinguished himself in 2018 with <i>Only to Sleep</i> . . . brings the same canny way with displaced characters to a politically turbulent, monsoon-drenched Bangkok in this unhurried but beautifully textured tale."<b><b>--<i>The Washington Post</i></b></b> <p/>"A master of the literary thriller."<b>--Fodor's</b> <p/> . . . riveting . . . There's an ominous sense of foreboding from the first page, and the tension ratchets up to a terrifying pitch before the horrifying and brutal conclusion. A gripping read."<b>--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b> <p/>" . . . masterfully drawn, mesmerizing novel. . . . A seductive, darkly atmospheric thriller with a spine-tingling climax."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b> <p/><b>"</b>Osborne is among the finest pure writers at work today . . ."<b>--<i>CrimeReads, "</i>Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020</b>"<br><b> <p/></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lawrence Osborne </b>is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, including <i>The Forgiven, </i> <i>Hunters in the Dark, </i> and <i>Beautiful Animals, </i> as well as six books of nonfiction, including <i>Bangkok Days</i>. His most recent novel, <i>Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel, </i> was nominated for an Edgar Award and named as a Best Book of the Year by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>. He has led a nomadic life, living in Paris, New York, Mexico, and Istanbul, and he currently resides in Bangkok.
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