Hiding Game

b>'A suspenseful story of obsession against the tense political backdrop of Germany's Bauhaus art school' - Sunday Times/b>In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. Eccentric and alluring, the more time Paul spends with his new friends the closer they become, and the deeper he falls in love with the mesmerising Charlotte. But Paul is not the only one vying for her affections, and soon an insidious rivalry takes root.As political tensions escalate in Germany, the Bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairs. Decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, Paul is haunted by a secret. When an old friend from the Bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silence.From the author of the award-winning Mrs Hemingway, Naomi Wood's The Hiding Game is a beautifully written, powerful and suspenseful novel about the dangerously fine line between love and obsession, set against the most turbulent era of our recent past.

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Wood
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781509892785
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-9278-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 223 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Bauhaus, Coming of age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Germany, 20th Century, Friendship, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Historical / General, 1918–1933 (period of the Weimar Republic), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary