From the author of the award-winning The People's Act of Love
It's 2001 and Adam Kellas is in Afghanistan, reporting the US attacks on the Taliban for his London-based paper. When he's not filing the kind of report he knows his editor doesn't want, he is writing a novel-a sell-out novel he hope will make his fortune. But it's the elusive US journalist Astrid Walsh who captures his attention, and remains in his thoughts long after he returns to London.
Fourteen months later, with a dubious publishing deal, a gashed, bleeding arm and a twenty-nine-word email from Astrid, he's on the first flight to New York, to her. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, James Meek's new novel spans continents and cultures. It is a timeless tale of folly and the pursuit of love, set against the incendiary politics of our time.
It's 2001 and Adam Kellas is in Afghanistan, reporting the US attacks on the Taliban for his London-based paper. When he's not filing the kind of report he knows his editor doesn't want, he is writing a novel-a sell-out novel he hope will make his fortune. But it's the elusive US journalist Astrid Walsh who captures his attention, and remains in his thoughts long after he returns to London.
Fourteen months later, with a dubious publishing deal, a gashed, bleeding arm and a twenty-nine-word email from Astrid, he's on the first flight to New York, to her. With all the explosive drama of The People's Act of Love, James Meek's new novel spans continents and cultures. It is a timeless tale of folly and the pursuit of love, set against the incendiary politics of our time.
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