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The Forgiven by Lawrence Osborne
4.0
The suburbs of Tangiers were ruined, but the gardens were still there. And so were the crippled lemon trees and olives, the dogged disillusion and empty factories, the smell of seething young men.
A sybaritic weekend in the Saharan desert of Morocco, at a fantastically renovated fortress compound. Richard and Dally have invited friends from around the globe and for Londoners, David and Jo, it seems the perfect antidote to a marriage that is fraying. That is, right up until the moment when, in the midst of an argument and perhaps too much alcohol, David hits a man who runs out into the road in the middle of nowhere as they are lost on their way to the party. They arrive in the early morning hours with the man’s body in the backseat and what was supposed to be a carefree weekend is transformed into a tension filled drama.
Read more of this review at The Gilmore Guide to Books: http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/09/the-forgiven/
A sybaritic weekend in the Saharan desert of Morocco, at a fantastically renovated fortress compound. Richard and Dally have invited friends from around the globe and for Londoners, David and Jo, it seems the perfect antidote to a marriage that is fraying. That is, right up until the moment when, in the midst of an argument and perhaps too much alcohol, David hits a man who runs out into the road in the middle of nowhere as they are lost on their way to the party. They arrive in the early morning hours with the man’s body in the backseat and what was supposed to be a carefree weekend is transformed into a tension filled drama.
Read more of this review at The Gilmore Guide to Books: http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/09/the-forgiven/