Book Details
⚡️Book Title : High Dive
⚡Book Author : Jonathan Lee
⚡Page : 336 pages
⚡Published March 8th 2016 by Knopf (first published October 2nd 2014)
High Dive - In September 1984, a bomb was planted at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, set to explode in twenty-four days when the British prime minister and her entire cabinet would be staying there. High Dive not only takes us inside this audacious assassination attempta decisive act of violence on the world stagebut also imagines its way into a group of unforgettable characters. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and tragedy, the story switches among the perspectives of Dan, a young IRA explosives expert; Moose, a former star athlete gone to seed, who is now the deputy hotel manager; and Freya, his teenage daughter, trying to decide what comes after high school. Over the course of a mere four weeks, as the prime ministers arrival draws closer, each of their lives will be transformed forever. A bold, astonishingly intimate novel of laughter and heartbreak, High Dive is a moving portrait of clashing loyalties, guilt and regret, and how individuals become the grist of history. Achingly good . . . on a par with Martin Amis. The New Yorker "A novel so smart and compassionate and beautifully written that it asks for total immersion." Lauren Groff, bestselling author of FATES AND FURIES
High Dive
In September 1984, a bomb was planted at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, set to explode in twenty-four days when the British prime minister and her entire cabinet would be staying there. High Dive not only takes us inside this audacious assassination attempta decisive act of violence on the world stagebut also imagines its way into a group of unforgettable characters. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and tragedy, the story switches among the perspectives of Dan, a young IRA explosives expert; Moose, a former star athlete gone to seed, who is now the deputy hotel manager; and Freya, his teenage daughter, trying to decide what comes after high school. Over the course of a mere four weeks, as the prime ministers arrival draws closer, each of their lives will be transformed forever. A bold, astonishingly intimate novel of laughter and heartbreak, High Dive is a moving portrait of clashing loyalties, guilt and regret, and how individuals become the grist of history. Achingly good . . . on a par with Martin Amis. The New Yorker "A novel so smart and compassionate and beautifully written that it asks for total immersion." Lauren Groff, bestselling author of FATES AND FURIES
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