| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780312937690 | | Publisher: St. Martin's Press | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 31225071 | | Item#: R44FDL | | Dimensions (in Inches) 6.75H x 4L x 0.5T | | Pages: 352 |
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| | | THE MOST ORDINARY LIVES...
In the auction room at Sotheby's a bidder unlocks the astonishing secrets carved in the ivory of an ancient Chinese statue. A young couple well-versed in the romance of literature resists the cliche of "love at first sight" only to find an unanticipated bond that follows them through life and death. A lavish New York party reacquaints a successful novelist with an enthusiastic female fan and a forgotten, long-ago rendezvous. A stunning beauty fulfills the disparate fantasies of two different men and satisfies an unexpected need of her own...
CAN YIELD THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SURPRISES...
In this expert collection, "master entertainer" ("Time) and bestselling author Jeffrey Archer takes the reader from the backrooms of a curious little shop in Ha Li Chuan to the lavish hotel suites of Manhattan to the ravaged landscape of Budapest to explore the chance encounters and turns of fate that become us all. Here are stories of kind strangers and old friends, of grandiose success and devastating loss, of honor betrayed and redeemed, and of love lost and found-each punctuated with a twist as sharp, as true, and as unexpected as life itself.
"Somerset Maugham never penned anything so swift or urbanely witty as this."
-"Publishers Weekly
"Amusing...poignant."-"The New York Times
"Exciting...Archer offers versatility, laughter, inventive plotting and a gift for characterization."-"Baltimore Sun
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Eleven short stories, 10 of which were inspired by actual events.
| PraiseBaltimore Sun
"Exciting...A Quiver Full of Arrows is everything a reader could want ...Archer offers versatility, laughter, inventive plotting and a gift for characterization." |
| Author Bio| Jeffrey Archer | | Jeffrey Archer was educated in Oxford at Wellington School and Brasenose College, during which time he represented Great Britain as a world-class sprinter. He was elected a member of the House of Commons representing Louth in 1969, becoming its youngest member. He stepped down from his post in 1974 with financial troubles brought about by failed investments. He began writing thrillers to help overcome some of his debts, starting with "Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less", which became an immediate success. In 1985 he was appointed deputy chairman of the Conservative Party and in 1992 joined the House of Lords. His political thrillers have become international bestsellers, with millions of copies sold. |
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