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Douglas Kennedy's Books
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Leaving the WorldA literary professor decides to leave her privileged world behind when personal tragedy strikes, and she is drawn into a young girl's disappearance.Read More
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The Pursuit of HappinessThe spellbindingly romantic story of two lovers whose life together is swept away by the tide of history.Read More
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A Special RelationshipThe riveting story of a woman who seemingly has it all, until the man she trusted the most threatens to take it all away.Read More
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The Scotsman, February 27, 2010
...time a twisted killer is hunting down a group of apparently unconnected young people. Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy is published by Arrow, priced £7.99 Known for writing beautifully crafted best-sellers, including The Pursuit of Happiness, this...
Times Online, February 12, 2010
...poignant without ever falling off. (Faber and Faber, 7.99; ; 475pp) ALSO OUT NOW Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy (Arrow, 7.99; ) The misfortunes of the eloquently drawn English Professor Jane Howard spur her to flee everyone she knows. Cutting for...
Times Online, November 27, 2009
...everyone who comes into our lives somehow changes the parameters of things and the way we view ourselves, Douglas Kennedy said in these pages. It was a good year for short fiction, too. I adored Wells Towers Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Granta,...
Times Online, September 17, 2009
...below are the recommendations of several authors, including Rob Ryan, Victoria Hislop, Colin Thubron, Alexander McCall Smith and Douglas Kennedy. I also have recommendations from Angus Clarke, Ginny Light and Kate Quill, colleagues at The Times and...
Irish Times, September 5, 2009
...County Council, the festival features writers such as Paul Auster, Sebastian Faulks, Sadie Jones, Declan Kiberd, John Carey, Douglas Kennedy, Siri Hustvedt, Patrick Gale, Hugo Hamilton, Diarmuid Ferriter, Julie Parsons and Maeve Binchy. For full...
The Independent, July 12, 2009
...talks programme continues today with speakers such as Pulitzer poet C K Williams, humourist David Sedaris and novelist Douglas Kennedy. Audiences are smaller than at a festival; it's rarely necessary to book, and often there's a free glass of wine. The...
The Independent, July 11, 2009
...talks programme continues today with speakers such as Pulitzer poet C K Williams, humourist David Sedaris and novelist Douglas Kennedy. Audiences are smaller than at a festival; it's rarely necessary to book, and often there's a free glass of wine. The...
Tonight South Africa, May 21, 2009
...Leaving the World By Douglas Kennedy Random House Struik R225 Another profoundly moving and gripping story from the author of such masterpieces as The Pursuit of Happiness. This is the story of Jane Howard, who...
Fingal Independent, May 19, 2009
...quote on the cover. They?re a very supportive group. What other authors do you admire? Anita Shreve, Douglas Kennedy. I liked Marian Keyes? last few books. I?ll read anything really. I love American fiction. Sue Miller is very good and Mary Alice...
Sunday Tribune Ireland, May 18, 2009
...the grief Emma Hagestadt Leaving the World Hutchinson, £14.99 Self-sabotage is often found at the heart of Douglas Kennedy's fiction. His heroes and heroines may start out as well-adjusted professionals in happy relationships, but you can be sure that...
New Zealand Herald, April 28, 2009
...As with all Douglas Kennedy's books, his latest, Leaving The World, is a gripping read. The plot whips through a series of crises with the timing of a master storyteller as Kennedy pulls...
Telegraph, March 23, 2009
...Jane Shilling is entertained by the intricate plotting of Douglas Kennedy's new novel, 'Leaving the World' Whatever else one may think of Douglas Kennedy as a novelist, there is no denying that he is generous to the point of...
Fleur Fisher reads, December 30, 2009
...A Very Persistent Illusion by L C Tyler The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Leaving The World by Douglas Kennedy ROUND 2 Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro The Spy Game by Georgina Harding * The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary Wolf Hall by Hilary...
Internet Marketing Online, Load Your Arsenal, September 16, 2009
...over land, money, Civil War gun-running, and ladies. Cast includes Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Douglas Kennedy, Alan Hale, and Victor Jory. (88 minutes, 1949) Chicken Every Sunday: Carefree turn-of the century Americana in...
The Western Writers Centre, June 2, 2009
...too. The theme is Italy this time around; but there is an extract from a new novel by Douglas Kennedy, ‘Quitter le Monde,’ and a very positive review of Kate O’Riordan’s ‘Pierres de memoire,’ in which she “confirme qu’elle peut se mesurer...
cream.fm, April 2, 2009
...live performance. Download the free 8-track Barsuk Records: 2009 Amazon Digital Sampler at Amazon MP3. In the Guardian , Douglas Kennedy lists the top 10 books about grief. nyctaper has mp3s of the Mountain Goats' Friday New York performance. ...
