Brian Moore
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The Great Victorian Collection
Brian Moore
On a weekend visit to Carmel, California, sober and respectable Anthony Maloney has an extraordinary dream which is to change the pattern of his entire life. He dreams that outside his hotel window, on a previously empty parking-lot, an open-air market has appeared containing dazzling collection of priceless Victoriana. Laid out before him he sees a vast array of exquisite furniture, paintings, jewellery, tapestries and musical instruments—a fantasy beyond measure for Maloney, a lifelong enthusiast. Waking from this strange reverie, he crosses to window, only to discover that his dream has come true…
Set in fantastic, surreal world, The Great Victorian Collection is a fascinating exploration of the disturbing, intangible nature of reality.Find it:
Brian Moore
When the IRA orders Dillon to park his car at a Belfast hotel, he knows he’s planting a bomb that will kill and maim dozens. He also knows his wife will be killed if he disobeys.Find it:
Brian Moore
Somewhere in an unnamed Eastern bloc country, someone is out to silence Cardinal Bern. Is it the Secret Police, or is it—more shockingly—fanatical Catholic activists who believe that Bern, by keeping the peace between Church and State, has finally compromised himself too far? Narrowly escaping an assassination attempt, Bern is abducted by sinister, anonymous men, and spirited away to a I safe-house’ against his will. Evading his unknown captors, he is faced with a horrifying proposition: no longer sure of whom he can trust, Bern realises that he alone can avert the revolution which threatens to tear his country apart…Find it:
Brian Moore
Awaiting her husband’s arrival on holiday in France, Sheila Redden, quiet, middle-aged doctor’s wife, suddenly finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with a young American, ten years her junior.Find it:
