NEWTON'S SWING

by Chris Paling

John Wayne is English and works in advertising in New York. He's successful, he's married to Susan, who's beautiful and in the art game, and he has a son, Jordan. Then one night Susan is shot, murdered in their apartment and John's life starts to come apart.

Paperback

First published July 5, 2001

About the author

Born in 1956 in Derby, Chris Paling studied social sciences at the University of Sussex. He started working as a studio manager for BBC radio in 1981. In the early 90s he had a Thirty Minute Theatre play called Way Station produced on BBC Radio 4. He wrote more radio plays and later began writing novels.

Chris Paling is married with two children, Sarah and Thomas, and lives in Brighton.

Reviews

[Wilte]

Englishman in New York, advertising-man John Wayne is lost after his wife is murdered in her bed. Well written, but lacks a bit consistency (perhaps also the point). Unsatisfactory ending.

[Ed van der Winden]

Intrigueing. Read it twice now.

[Linda]

Sad. Not what I expected. Not one I would recommend

[Miranda]

An uncomfortable read, in some ways, because of the dubious narrator, but a gripping and vivid story that pulls you along with it.

[iliotropio]

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