Exile
18 September 2009
Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
'Richard North Patterson has outdone himself - Exile is his best novel yet.' Bill Clinton
From one of America's most compelling novelists comes the mesmerising story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate a prime minister.
David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about...
Details
18 September 2009
720 pages
9780330515849
Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Exile is an astonishing book, a hugely entertaining human drama that also offers remarkable insight into the lethal conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Richard North Patterson has outdone himself - Exile is his best novel yet.Bill Clinton
Stephen King, in one of his novels, has his main character reflect that ‘Patterson and DeMille are probably the best of the current popular novelists.' I could not agree more...Nelson DeMille
Torn from the headlines…Exile delivers.The New York Times Book Review
Through his artful writing, Patterson presents compelling arguments for both sides while avoiding a preachy tone - a pitfall a lesser writer easily could succumb to. Weaving a powerful love story into this vast portrait of political divisiveness is no small feat, but Patterson does it gracefully... In Exile, Patterson has redefined himself as a writer willing to take risks while seeking to understand one of the world's seemingly unsolvable problems.USA Today