Orient
By: Christopher Bollen
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781471136177; 9780062329974; 9781471136160
Subjects: Social life and customs; Drifters; Secrecy; Islands; Manners and customs; Fiction
Description: Suspenseful and haunting, Bollen's thrilling novel Orient is a provocative take on the troubled American dream, in the vein of Lionel Shriver or AM Homes. At the eastern edge of Long Island, far from the hustle of New York City, stands Orient, a village that has been home to a few families for hundreds of years and is now - reluctantly - opening up to wealthy weekenders and artists from the city. On the last day of summer, a young man with a hazy past appears, and, not long after his arrival comes a series of events that shatters the peace in this isolated community. A strange, twisted creature washes ashore on the Sound and, soon after, a human corpse is found floating in the water. An elderly woman dies in bizarre circumstances and a house fire erupts out of nowhere. Fear and suspicion mount until everyone's secrets threaten to be exposed. But who is Mills Chevern? What is his real name and why is he here? As all eyes shift towards the orphan drifter, Mills elicits the support of Beth Shepherd, an Orient native who is hiding a secret of her own. 'A compelling novel of tragic suspense. Bollen has a gift for tightly drawn characters and an ominous sense of place' AM Homes 'A taut and elegant suspense about strangers and strangeness, suspicion and forgiveness, reinvention and confession' Joshua Ferris 'Orient is not as pleasant as it seems, and Bollen will hold you spellbound as he reveals its secrets. A truly well-crafted murder mystery that recalls both PD James and Twin Peaks' Nelson DeMille
Table of contents: title: Intro; Half-title page; ALSO BY CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Map; Epigraph page; Contents; Prologue; PART 1: The Year-Rounders; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10; CHAPTER 11; CHAPTER 12; CHAPTER 13; CHAPTER 14; CHAPTER 15; PART 2: The New People; CHAPTER 16; CHAPTER 17; CHAPTER 18; CHAPTER 19; CHAPTER 20; CHAPTER 21; CHAPTER 22; CHAPTER 23; CHAPTER 24; CHAPTER 25; CHAPTER 26; PART 3: Him; CHAPTER 27; CHAPTER 28; CHAPTER 29; CHAPTER 30; CHAPTER 31; CHAPTER 32; CHAPTER 33; CHAPTER 34; title: CHAPTER 35Acknowledgments; About the Author