- Islands, Fiction, Secrecy, Drifters
Suspenseful and haunting, Bollen's thrilling novel Orient is a provocative take on the troubled American dream, in the vein of Lionel Shriver or AM Homes. At the eastern edge of Long Island, far from the hustle of New York City, stands Orient, a village that has been home to a few families for hundreds of years and is now - reluctantly - opening up to wealthy weekenders and artists from the city.
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- Author
- Christopher Bollen
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 612
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781471136177
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