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THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER
Lawrence Osborne writes crime and suspense in the tradition of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith, and THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (originally published, 2015) riveting tale of risk and obsession is set in the mysterious world of Macau’s casinos. Perfectly crafted this is a timeless tale of intrigue, atmosphere, and the murk of the amoral.
As night falls on Macau and the neon signs that line the rain-slick streets come alive, Doyle—"Lord Doyle" to his fellow players—descends into his casino of choice to try his luck at the baccarat tables that are the anchor of his current existence. A corrupt English lawyer who has escaped prosecution by fleeing to Asia, Doyle spends his nights drinking and gambling and his days sleeping off his excesses, continually haunted by his past. Taking refuge in a series of louche and dimly lit hotels, he watches his fortune rise and fall as the cards decide his fate.
In a moment of crisis he meets Dao-Ming, an enigmatic Chinese woman who appears to be a denizen of the casinos just like himself and seems to offer him salvation in the form of both money and love. But as Doyle attempts to make a rare and true connection, all that he accepts as reality seems to be slipping from his grasp.
Praise for Lawrence Osborne:
A New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year
A New Yorker and NPR Best Book of the Year
“To open a new Lawrence Osborne book is to enter a maze of thrills from which there is no exit other than to finish the book in one sitting.”—New York Times
“Shades of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith fall across [Osborne’s] colorful pages."—Sunday Times (London)
"Osborne's writing is uncomfortably well observed; his story is sickeningly, addictively headlong."—Lionel Shriver
“[A] vivid and feverish portrait of a soul in self-inflicted purgatorio”—New York Times Book Review
"Captivating . . . stylish and engaging."—Financial Times
"Osborne has a keen and sometimes cruel eye for humans and their manners and morals, and for the natural world. You can open to almost any page and find brutally fine observations . . . surprising and dark and excellent."—New York Times
"Extraordinarily acute to human nature."—Newsweek
LAWRENCE OSBORNE was born in England but has traveled and lived all over the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels THE FORGIVEN, BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS, HUNTERS IN THE DARK, GLASS KINGDOM, ON JAVA ROAD, ONLY TO SLEEP, and six books of nonfiction, including THE WET AND THE DRY. He is the third writer, after John Banville (writing as Benjamin Black) and Robert B. Parker, to be asked by the Raymond Chandler Estate to write a new Philip Marlowe novel. His nonfiction includes BANGKOK DAYS and THE WET AND THE DRY. His short story "Volcano" was selected for the Best American Short Stories 2012, and he has written for the New York Times magazine, The New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, Forbes, Harper's, and several other publications. He currently lives in Bangkok.
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