''A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since'' - Coco Mellors ''Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut'' - Miranda Cowley Heller ''Packs a huge emotional punch. I couldn''t put it down'' - Daily Mail ''A living thing . . . A huge achievement'' - Financial Times Perfect lives hide terrible secrets Having emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change. In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amos''s life will be undone by a shocking act of violence. In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what - and who - will you sacrifice to survive? ''Bracingly honest and affectingly intimate . . . Upends its characters'' lives so ruthlessly and revealingly that it is hard not to take pleasure in a false facade being finally smashed'' - The Guardian ''Masterly'' - John Banville

Autorentext
Hal Ebbott is a writer living in New York. Among Friends is his first novel.