Lawrence Osborne: 18 books

Naomi, een Britse rijkeluisdochter, en Samantha, een Amerikaanse uit een eenvoudig gezin, ontmoeten elkaar in de zomer op het sprookjesachtige Griekse eiland Hydra. Tijdens een wandeling stuiten ze op een armoedig geklede, slapende jongeman, Faoud, een vluchteling uit het oosten. Naomi overtuigt Sam...

***"Let’s not mince words. This is a great book. Truly difficult to put down... sophisticated, smart and uncomfortable, and the story is cracking." –Lionel Shriver, Washington Post "Startlingly good...Osborne has been described as an heir to Graham Greene, and he shares with Greene an interest...

Lawrence Osborne brings one of literature’s most enduring detectives back to life—as Private Investigator Philip Marlowe returns for one last adventure.   **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND NPR • NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AND SHAMUS AWARDS The...

A PASSIONATE, AFFECTIONATE RECORD OF ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES IN THE WORLD'S HOTTEST METROPOLIS Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons—a sex change operation, a night with two prostitutes dressed as nuns, a stay in a luxury hotel. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry. Broke...

**Selected as a Top Ten Book of the Year by Dwight Garner, New York Times A “fearlessly honest account” (Financial Times) of man’s love of drink, and an insightful meditation on the meaning of alcohol consumption across cultures worldwide** Drinking alcohol: a beloved tradition,...

What is taste? Is it individual or imposed on us from the outside? Why are so many of us so intimidated when presented with the wine list at a restaurant? In The Accidental Connoisseur, journalist Lawrence Osborne takes off on a personal voyage through a little-known world in pursuit of some answers....

Los turistas viajan a Bangkok por muchas razones: una cita amorosa, una operación de cambio de sexo, una estancia en un hotel de lujo o simplemente por el hecho de desaparecer unos cuantos días. Lawrence Osborne viajó a Bangkok por la odontología barata. Una vez allí descubrió que podía vivir...

In this haunting novel, journalist and novelist Lawrence Osborne explores the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of Moroccan Muslims and Western visitors who converge on a luxurious desert villa for a decadent weekend-long party. David and Jo Henniger, a doctor and a children's...

From the theme resorts of Dubai to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a disturbing but hilarious tour of the exotic east—and of the tour itself Sick of producing the bromides of the professional travel writer, Lawrence Osborne decided to explore the psychological underpinnings of tourism itself....

El escritor Lawrence Osborne, pese a saber que por muy lejos que uno vaya siempre habrá un tour operator esperándolo, busca un lugar alejado de la civilización en la isla de Papúa Nueva Guinea. Y decide emprender un viaje distinto a cualquier otro: empezando por uno de los destinos más contaminados...

From the novelist the New York Times compares to Paul Bowles, Evelyn Waugh and Ian McEwan, an evocative new work of literary suspense Adrift in Cambodia and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher, 28-year-old Englishman Robert Grieve decides to go missing. As...

Asperger's Syndrome, often characterized as a form of "high-functioning autism," is a poorly defined and little-understood neurological disorder. The people who suffer from the condition are usually highly intelligent, and as often as not capable of extraordinary feats of memory, calculation,...

Ein Roman wie ein schwarzer Panther, geschmeidig, schön, glänzend, der sich sanft anschleicht und brutal zupackt. Seine Szenen brennen sich ins optische Gedächtnis. In einer träumerischen Landschaft inmitten der Wüste Marokkos veranstalten Richard und Dally für ihre Freunde eine dreitägige...

Prima che uno scrittore, Osborne è un segugio, e quando torna sui luoghi dei suoi delitti letterari è perché sa che ad aspettarlo troverà un'altra storia. E infatti. Qui siamo a Macao, dove gli europei ancora si spingono per ogni tipo di azzardo, specie del genere più estremo. E dove Lord...