- Title:
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Exit Management
- Written by:
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Naomi Booth
- Read by:
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Oliver Chris; Lisa McGrillis
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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7 hours 12 minutes
- Published:
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January 01 2021
- Available Date:
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January 01 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867509424
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Naomi Booth's second title is a groundbreaking dissection of class, xenophobia and compassion. Exit Management will seize you in its cold hands and show you the dark heart within us all.
At minus five degrees, even the densest blood materials start to turn: the beginnings of a human heart will still into black ice. Callum has been given an opportunity: Jozsef's house is the perfect place to live – plenty of room, a sought-after London location and filled with priceless works of art. All that Jozsef asks in return is for some company while he's ill and the promise that if it all gets too much, someone will be there to help him at the end.
It's fortunate then, when Callum meets Lauren who works in Human Resources and specialises in getting rid of people. Jozsef welcomes them both inside, and so begins a deadly spiral of violence. Pushed ever onwards by the poison of ambition and haunted by loses from the past, these characters are drawn together in a catastrophe of endings.
'A compelling and contemporary read crammed with insight and compassion. Reminded me of Ruth Rendell's non-Wexford novels.'
Val McDermid, author of The Mermaids Singing and The Distant Echo
'A stunning exploration of the human urge to love, protect and remember, and an empathetic study of lost souls driven to connect. Written in poetic and haunting prose, Exit Management pierces the dark heart of society, letting in the light.'
Megan Bradbury
‘Exit Management tells the story of three souls cast adrift in an uncaring world and the redemptive power of art, friendship and love. Naomi Booth renders her entirely believable characters in hauntingly poetic prose that is as beautiful as it is tragic. A major, highly original talent.’
Cathi Unsworth
‘Exit Management is an essential novel for our times. It fizzes with anxiety and desperate characters; building to a chokehold of thrilling tension. A joy from the first page to the last, all told in exhilaratingly exquisite prose.’
Lara Williams