Among Friends 9781035055456 Paperback

A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since Coco MellorsEvery sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut Miranda Cowley HellerPacks a huge emotional punch. I couldnt put it downDaily MailA living thing . . . A huge achievementFinancial TimesPerfect lives hide terrible secretsHaving emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect, Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change. In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amoss life will be undone by a shocking act of violence.In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what – and who – will you sacrifice to survive?Bracingly honest and affectingly intimate . . . Upends its characters lives so ruthlessly and revealingly that it is hard not to take pleasure in a false facade being finally smashedThe GuardianMasterly John Banville