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    A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel
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    A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel

    Written by John Boyne

    Narrated by Richard E Grant, Richard Cordery, Laurence Kennedy and Nina Sosanya

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    About this audiobook

    A seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one cunning, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success

    Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn't have is talent—but he's not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don't need to be his own.

    Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful—but desperately lonely—older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice's first novel.

    Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall…

    Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateNov 13, 2018
    ISBN9781984846198
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    A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel
    Author

    John Boyne

    John Boyne is the author of numerous works of fiction, including The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a young adult novel that became an international bestseller and was made into an award-winning film. His books have been translated into forty-six languages, and he is the recipient of two Irish Book Awards, the Bistro Book of the Year award, and numerous international prizes. He lives in Dublin.

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      The story moves along at a good pace. The strongest, most well-developed characters were those who surrounded Maurice, not Maurice himself.