Blood Kin

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Abstract

A chef, a portraitist and a barber are taken hostage in a coup to overthrow their boss, the President. They are held captive in the President's summer residence in the mountains while far below them, the capital swelters as chaos reigns.

Meanwhile, the chef's daughter, the portraitist's pregnant wife and the barber's lover await their own fates, their love as dangerous a liability as any political affiliation.

In her stunning debut novel, award-winning author Ceridwen Dovey reveals how humanity's most atavistic impulses – vanity, vengeance and greed – seethe, relentlessly, just beneath the surface of civilization.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherViking (Penguin USA), Atlantic Books (UK), Penguin Books (Australia), Editions Heloise d'Ormesson (France)
Number of pages183
ISBN (Electronic)9781760141622
ISBN (Print)9780143573470, 9780670018567, 9780143114826
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

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