Busker, The - Softcover

The Busker

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 284 pages. Cover worn. Ex library copy. Alex Fraser is a rootless drifter, a Scottish fiddler who makes his living by pl aying his country's traditional music on the street. He makes his home wherever there's a pavement where his fiddle and bow might earn him a few coins. He tries to stay anonymous, for he's a man hiding from life, haunted by the death of his wife, which he caused, and for which he was convicted of manslaughter. After se rving his sentence in Barlinnie prison in Scotland, he decides to try his luck i n Europe. ks the street. Max tells him a complicated story, a puzzle rooted in the Spanish Civil War. It's a tale of kindness and brutality, involving a German intelligen ce unit, a rescued child, a valuable painting and an even more valuable inherita nce. Max knows he is dying. He wants his unfinished business taken care of, and because he has come to trust Alex, he charges him with the task. In spite of his doubts, Alex agrees to try. byzantine, daunting and ruthless. It pursues him relentlessly across a continen t, it makes him confront love again, and it forces him to take responsibility fo r an orphaned child. own resolve, and to believe again in his own worth as a human being. Artikel-Nr. 4804ad

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