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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Rheinberg-Buch [53870650], Bergisch Gladbach, NRW, Germany.
- Rajiv is abandoned to the care of his uncle's mistress. He is befriended by the town's children. As they grow, their friendship becomes intense, and is complicated by desire and the personal failings of the adults around them. This work explores the power of the secrets that can shape us more profoundly than everything we believe to be true. 448 pp. Englisch.

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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Europe and South Asia. Winner of the 2008 PEN Beyond Margins Award. Identity, friendship, and a long-hidden crime lie at the heart of Naeem Murr's captivating novel about five friends growing up in a small 1950s Missouri river town. A contender for the Man Booker Prize, this exhilarating story beautifully evokes the extreme joys, as well as the dark and shameful desires, of childhood. Young Rajiv Travers hasn't had much luck fitting in anywhere. Born to an Indian mother who was sold to his English father for £20, Raj is abandoned by his relatives into the reluctant care of Ruth, an American romance writer living in Pisgah, Missouri. While his skin color unsettles most of the townsfolk, who are used to seeing things in black and white, the quick-witted Raj soon finds his place among a group of children his own age. While the friends remain loyal to one another through the years, it becomes clear that their paths will veer in markedly different directions. But breaking free of the demands of their families and their community, as well as one another, comes at a devastating price: As the chilling secrets of Pisgah's residents surface, the madness that erupts will cost Raj his closest friend even as it offers him the life he always dreamed of. Taking us into the intimate life of small-town America, The Perfect Man explores both the power of the secrets that shape us and the capacity of love in all its guises to heal even the most damaged of souls.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, BookOutlet USA.
At the age of five, Rajiv Travers, the child of an Indian mother and English father, finds himself shipped off to America to the house of his uncle's mistress, Ruth. The small town Ruth lives in turns out to be as exotic and strange to Rajiv as he is to its inhabitants. His close friendship with four local children helps him settle into his new life, but also leads to his discovery of a terrible secret that shadows the whole community. Ultimately, the chidren's changing desires and shifting loyalties, and the personal failings- and secrets- of the adults around them lead to tragic consequences...The Perfect Man was winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Paperback, Label: Vintage Books USA, Vintage Books USA, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2007-04-01, Studio: Vintage Books USA, Verkaufsrang: 12602293.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, WorldofBooks [51947087], Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom.
A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bookdonors CIC [8732293], GALASHIELS, United Kingdom.
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