9781623659004

The Guard

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9781623659004

Hardcover|9781623659004


Overview

Winner of the European Union Literature Prize, Peter Terrin's The Guard is a haunting novel of perceived oppression by the an omnipresent, but unknown, authority.

In the near future, Harry and Michel live in the basement of a luxury apartment block, guarding the inhabitants. No one goes outside. The world might be at war, it might even have been plunged into nuclear winter. No one knows.

But one weekend, all of the residents leave the block, one by one. All but the man on floor 29. Harry and Michel stick to their posts. All they know, all they can hope for, is that if they are vigilant, the "Organization" will reward them with a promotion to an elite cadre of security officers. But what if there were no one left to guard?

Playing on our darkest fears, The Guard is a tautly observed novel by a writer of striking and stylish originality.


ISBN-13

9781623659004

ISBN-10

1623659000

Weight

0.70 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 1.00 x 8.75 In

List Price

$24.99

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

256 pages

Publisher

MacLehose Press

Published On

2015-01-06



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