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Overview

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERSRuth 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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781439150405
  • ISBN-10: 1439150400
  • Publisher: Scribner Book Company
  • Publish Date: July 2011
  • Dimensions: 8.49 x 5.56 x 0.79 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
  • Page Count: 320

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