Black Water, Louise Doughty
Black Water, Louise Doughty
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Black Water

Author: Louise Doughty

Narrator: Richard Burnip

Unabridged: 12 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2016

Synopsis

From the author of Apple Tree Yard, a masterful thriller about espionage, love, and redemptionJohn Harper is in hiding in a remote hut on a tropical island. As he lies awake at night, listening to the rain on the roof, he believes his life may be in danger. But he is less afraid of what is going to happen than of what he’s already done.In a local town, he meets Rita, a woman with her own tragic history. They begin an affair, but can they offer each other redemption? Or do the ghosts of the past always catch up with us in the end?Moving between Europe during the Cold War, Civil Rights–era California, and Indonesia during the massacres of 1965 and the subsequent military dictatorship, Black Water explores some of the darkest events of recent history through the story of one troubled man.In this gripping follow-up to Apple Tree Yard, Louise Doughty writes with the intelligence, vivid characterization, and moral ambiguity that make her fiction resonate in the reader's mind long after the final page.

About Louise Doughty

Louise Doughty’s novel Whatever You Love was short-listed for the Costa Book Award and long-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Doughty is the author of several other novels and a book of nonfiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her hugely popular newspaper column. She also writes plays and journalism and broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio 4. She lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

We may like to think that happiness is only a matter of perspective, something that we can achieve with a deliberate twist of thought. But in truth, happiness becomes harder to achieve as we grow older. We go through life and we absorb the bad things that happen to us along the way. In our youth, we......more

Goodreads review by Marjorie

John Harper works as an operative for a black-ops operation. It’s 1998 and he’s staying in a hut in Indonesia in fear of his life. He’s made an error of judgment which most likely has made him a liability to his employer and unfortunately, John is all too familiar with how his employer deals with fa......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee

I thought Appletree Yard was brilliant and I’m pleased to say I thought this book was also outstanding. It’s a totally different kind of book which if you are looking for a book of a similar genre you may be disappointed. I wasn’t, as I found the period of time and the places featured absolutely fas......more

Goodreads review by Claire

I really enjoyed this - the eighth novel from Louise Doughty. It is very different from Apple Tree Yard, which was no problem for me, but readers who loved that and come looking for something similar might be disappointed, but I'd still urge them to read it. It's a quiet book despite the horrors it......more

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