A Common Loss
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On Sale:
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1/01/2012
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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From the critically acclaimed author of The Legacy
They were originally five.
Elliot. Brian. Tallis. Cameron. And Dylan - charismatic Dylan - the mediator, the leader, the man each one turned to in a time of crisis. Five close friends, bonded in college, still coming together for their annual trip to Las Vegas.
This year they are four. Four friends, sharing a common loss: Dylan′s tragic death. A common loss that, upon their arrival in Vegas, will bring with it a common threat: one that will make them question who their departed friend really was, and whether he is even worthy of their grief.
A Common Loss is Kirsten Tranter′s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, The Legacy. Yet again, Tranter′s weave of watertight prose and literary sensibilities shows her to be a born writer with a precocious control of storytelling and style.
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