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Informationen zum Autor Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium , Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland , Enigma , Archangel , Pompeii , The Ghost , The Fear Index , An Officer and a Spy , which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave , Munich , The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion . His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby. Klappentext Robert Harris is the author of thirteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy , which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave , Munich and The Second Sleep . Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghos t, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby. Zusammenfassung Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction.
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Harris is a writer of integrity who does not seek refuge in postmodernist nonsense...He knows how to tell a story and achieves page-turningreadability without effort. Frank McLynn, Daily Express
