In the vein of The Dinner and Atonement, an instant
international sensation sold in over 30 countries, in which three
brothers confront the shattering childhood event that changed the course
of their lives.
In the wake their mother's death, three
estranged brothers return to the lakeside cottage where, over two
decades before, an unspeakable accident forever altered their family.
There is Nils, the oldest, who couldn't escape his suffocating home soon
enough, and Pierre, the youngest, easily bullied and quick to lash out.
And then there is Benjamin, always the family's nerve center,
perpetually on the look-out for triggers and trap doors in a volatile
home where the children were left to fend for themselves, competing for
their father's favor and their mother's elusive love.
But as the
years have unfolded, Benjamin has grown increasingly untethered from
reality, frozen in place while life carries on around him. And between
the brothers a dangerous current now vibrates. What really happened that
summer day when everything was blown to pieces?
In a thrillingly fast-paced narrative,The Survivors mixes the emotional acuity of Edward St Aubyn, the literary verve of Ian McEwan, and the heart of Shuggie Bain.
By brilliantly dissecting a mind unravelling in the wake of tragedy,
Alex Schulman reveals the ways in which our deepest loyalties leave us
open to the greatest betrayals.
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