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Hunters in the Dark

The Ballad of a Small Player

Beautiful Animals

Only to Sleep

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads

November 27, 2018 • The Book Concierge is back! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.

Only to Sleep

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An Aging Philip Marlowe Returns In 'Only To Sleep'

July 26, 2018 • Lawrence Osborne's new Marlowe novel brings us a version of the gumshoe in his 70s, lonely and slow, looking into another mysterious death. It's a book that seems simple, but hides cavernous depths.

Beautiful Animals

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Jet-Setting Vacationers Find Trouble In Paradise In 'Beautiful Animals'

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July 17, 2017 • Two entitled young women vacationing on a chic Greek island get involved with a mysterious stranger in Lawrence Osborne's new novel. Critic John Powers calls it a "seductively menacing new thriller."

Jet-Setting Vacationers Find Trouble In Paradise In 'Beautiful Animals'

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Lawrence Osborne Doesn't Care If You Like His Characters In 'Beautiful Animals'

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Lawrence Osborne Doesn't Care If You Like His Characters In 'Beautiful Animals'

July 14, 2017 • "Likable characters are usually completely forgettable ... " he says. "We love villains ... because they show us these disturbing complexities." His sun-drenched summer novel is set on a Greek island.

Lawrence Osborne Doesn't Care If You Like His Characters In 'Beautiful Animals'

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2016's Great Reads

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2016's Great Reads

December 6, 2016 • The Book Concierge is back and bigger than ever! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.

'Hunters' Is A Dark, Elegant Tale Of East And West

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'Hunters' Is A Dark, Elegant Tale Of East And West

January 16, 2016 • Lawrence Osborne's well-structured new novel follows a group of Western expats in Cambodia, all hunting for something nebulous — money, happiness, or even just an edge up on everyone else.

The Ballad of a Small Player

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The Tawdry Ballad Of A Man, A Casino And A Game Of Chance

April 21, 2014 • The Ballad of a Small Player is set in the murky underworld of Macau's casinos. Reviewer Tash Aw calls the novel a masterful and thrilling collision of old Asia and 21st century glamour.

The Tawdry Ballad Of A Man, A Casino And A Game Of Chance

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