by Adam Thorpe · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099503651
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«The Standing Pool» is the suspense novel by Adam Thorpe, published by Vintage in paperback (432 pages, in English).
Two historians move with their three daughters into an old rural house in the Languedoc for a sabbatical year. The idyllic landscape soon turns unsettling: the pool, the nocturnal wild boars and, above all, the gardener Jean-Luc's interest in the family turn the stay into a disturbing experience.
Narrated from several points of view, the novel originally appeared in 2008; this edition was published in 2009.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in psychological suspense and rural settings.
Adam Thorpe is a British poet and novelist whose works also include short stories, translations, radio dramas and documentaries. He is a frequent contributor of reviews and articles to various newspapers, journals and magazines, including the Guardian, the Poetry Review and the Times Literary Supplement.
