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Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner
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Brought to you by Penguin.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**

Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.

Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation, lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism.

Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Bruno’s idealism laughable, but just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.

Beneath this a taut, dazzling story of espionage and intrigue lies one of a woman caught in the crossfire between the past and the future, and a profound treatise on human history.

'The most exciting writer of her generation' BRET EASTON ELLIS

'Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture' HERNAN DIAZ

'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill written by John le Carré' OBSERVER

©2024 Rachel Kushner (P)2024 Penguin Audio Espionage Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Exciting France
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What a great book. It takes it’s time, it meanders, it moves slow but it sinks into you. Wonderfully read by the author.

Mind blowing

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The subject matter would not have normally drawn me in and that is why I chose this book. I had read great things about the author and that sealed my choice and I was not disappointed. I loved the authors voice and intonation along with her beautiful French pronunciation. I found myself researching this area of France, the history of the Neanderthal, H. Sapiens and the Cagot people. The storyline was so interesting and intellectual. I so enjoyed reading an adult book with themes one must really digest and think about. I look forward to reading Ms.Kushners other books. Perhaps another escapade involving Sadie?

imaginative, magical and thought provoking

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A dull droning story told by a dull droning narrator. Non of the characters are interesting.

Slow and Dull

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