Set in mid-1980s Istanbul, the novel follows a young apprentice who works with a master well-digger on a barren plain outside the city. A father/son bond develops between them, but the boy becomes infatuated with a mysterious red-haired woman in the nearby town. The story is a literary work that explores themes of fathers and sons, the state versus individual freedom, and compares the fundamental Western myth of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex (patricide) with the Eastern tale of Rostam and Sohrab (filicide).
The novel is a coming-of-age story set on a cattle station in the Australian outback, exploring themes of family, loss, and prejudice, as experienced by the protagonist Danny and an English backpacker named Liz.
From a gifted new writer, these sad and funny stories eclipse almost everything yet written about the Bushmen and their despairing search for a place in the modern world.
In this noir techno-thriller, the criminal Avery Cates finds himself to be the richest man in New York City, but soon discovers everyone around him is dying mysteriously in a gruesome way. He must assume the role of both executioner and savior as the human race faces extinction
The story follows Nadine Lavoie, a psychiatrist who works in a psychiatric hospital's lockdown ward and helps people deal with trauma. Her world is upended when a new patient's story triggers a horrific memory from Nadine's own past, forcing her to confront a past she had tried to forget.
The book is described as a "taut and compelling suspense novel" where a detective persuades his girlfriend, who can lie convincingly, to lie in court about her assailant after she is a victim of an attack.
The novel is a moving story about a father (Alex) who uses the game Minecraft to reconnect and communicate with his eight-year-old autistic son (Sam), inspired by the author's own family experiences.
The book is part of a series by Sparrow that explores famous and infamous criminal cases from history, mixing historical accounts with cases he encountered personally during his long legal career, which included serving as a judge on the International Court in Bangkok, Thailand, for over 20 years.
The narrative, spanning the 1850s to the 1870s, begins in Philadelphia in 1860, where Lew Crandall, often called "The Golden Prince," has a promising future and is married to Elizabeth Butterfield. His life is shattered after he unwisely exposes a powerful politician using incriminating evidence found in his deceased father's letters.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Lew leaves for Washington, where he again encounters the unscrupulous figures he had previously angered, leading to his downfall. The story then evolves into a sprawling saga of "murder, rape, revenge, betrayal" as Lew loses his family, fortune, and freedom, surviving solely for the purpose of exacting revenge against the man responsible for orchestrating his ruin. The book is noted for incorporating the events of the Civil War and how national events influenced the characters' lives.
