I Am Max Lamm |
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Author:
| Brous, Raphael |
ISBN: | 978-1-4721-0597-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Imprint: | Constable |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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A young tennis prodigy with a wildcard to the US open, Max Lamm's future looks bright . . . until footage of him enjoying a night of passion with a Salvadorean prostitute in New York appears on the Internet, and categorically derails his career. After a bungled suicide attempt in the Hudson River, he decides to flee America and begin a new life in London. But Max is jinxed. One night, in Camden, he accidentally kills a fifteen-year-old Pakistani boy who tries to mug him...
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A young tennis prodigy with a wildcard to the US open, Max Lamm's future looks bright . . . until footage of him enjoying a night of passion with a Salvadorean prostitute in New York appears on the Internet, and categorically derails his career. After a bungled suicide attempt in the Hudson River, he decides to flee America and begin a new life in London.
But Max is jinxed. One night, in Camden, he accidentally kills a fifteen-year-old Pakistani boy who tries to mug him -inadvertently sparking the worst race riots seen in the East End of the capital in over a generation. On the run, Max finally finds refuge beneath Hyde Park. Deep underground, with chaos raging in the streets above, he tries to plot his salvation.
I am Max Lamm is a darkly humorous exploration of family loyalty, disgrace and collective hysteria in an age of terror.