Kate Atkinson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War--a city bursting with money, glamour, and corruption--in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: WASHINGTON POST, TIME, THE GUARDIAN, BOOKLIST "Set during Jazz Age London, in all its fizzy madness and desperation.... As dark as Atkinson's] stories can get, within them always shines a beacon of humanity." --Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Dark Places 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost. With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson gives us a window in a vanished world. Slyly funny, brilliantly observant, and ingeniously plotted, Shrines of Gaiety showcases the myriad talents that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.

V vysshuju ligu sovremennoj literatury Kejt Atkinson popala s pervoj zhe popytki: ee debjutnyj roman "Muzej moikh tajn" poluchil prestizhnuju Uitbredovskuju premiju, obojdja "Proschalnyj vzdokh mavra" Salmana Rushdi, a tsikl romanov o chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi, uspevshij poljubitsja i rossijskomu chitatelju ("Prestuplenija proshlogo", "Povorot k luchshemu", "Zhdat li dobrykh vestej?", "Chut svet, s sobakoju vdvoem"), Stiven King okrestil "glavnym detektivnym proektom desjatiletija". Summarnyj tirazh tsikla prevysil tri milliona ekzempljarov, a na osnove pervykh ego knig telekanal Bi-bi-si vypustil serial "Prestuplenija proshlogo" s Dzheksonom Ajzeksom v glavnoj roli. V romane "Zhdat li dobrykh vestej?" dejstvie proiskhodit ne v universitetskom Kembridzhe i ne sredi tolp turistov, sekhavshikhsja na Edinburgskij festival, khotja shotlandskaja stolitsa vnov obespechivaet zhivopisnyj fon proiskhodjaschim sobytijam. A tolchkom k nim posluzhilo koshmarnoe prestuplenie tridtsatiletnej davnosti, vskolykhnuvshee tikhij Devonshir i vsju Angliju; i vot osuzhdennyj ubijtsa, otsidev polozhennoe, vykhodit na svobodu. Tem vremenem propadaet bez vesti doktor Trapper s malenkim rebenkom - odnako ee ischeznovenie trevozhit, sudja po vsemu, tolko ee ovcharku Sejdi i shestnadtsatiletnjuju bebisittershu Redzhi. A starshij detektiv-inspektor Luiza Monro ozabochena drugoj propazhej - esche ne znaja, chto Dzhekson Broudi vot-vot opjat vorvetsja v ee zhizn, prichem na vsekh parakh (v bukvalnom smysle).

"Chut svet, s sobakoju vdvoem" - odno nazvanie, pozaimstvovannoe u Zmili Dikinson, chego stoit! Podobno tvorchestvu etoj tainstvennoj poetessy, nadolgo operedivshej svoe vremja, roman Atkinson nasyschen dvojnikami i neozhidannymi paralleljami, strannym jumorom i potustoronnimi otzvukami. Vprochem, nichego udivitelnogo: Kejt Atkinson nikogda ne ogranichivala sebja detektivnym zhanrom, i vse u nee vykhodilo s neizmennym bleskom.

V vysshuju ligu sovremennoj literatury Kejt Atkinson popala s pervoj zhe popytki: ee debjutnyj roman "Muzej moikh tajn" poluchil prestizhnuju Uitbredovskuju premiju, obojdja "Proschalnyj vzdokh mavra" Salmana Rushdi, a tsikl romanov o chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi, uspevshij poljubitsja i rossijskomu chitatelju ("Prestuplenija proshlogo", "Povorot k luchshemu", "Zhdat li dobrykh vestej?", "Chut svet, s sobakoju vdvoem"), Stiven King okrestil "glavnym detektivnym proektom desjatiletija". Summarnyj tirazh tsikla prevysil tri milliona ekzempljarov, a na osnove pervykh ego knig telekanal Bi-bi-si vypustil serial "Prestuplenija proshlogo" s Dzheksonom Ajzeksom v glavnoj roli. Dzhekson Broudi poselilsja v kroshechnoj primorskoj derevushke v severnom Jorkshire, gde emu inogda sostavljajut kompaniju syn i drjakhlyj labrador, i pechalno ozhidaet svadby svoej docheri. Zanimajas rutinnoj rabotoj chastnogo detektiva - v osnovnom sobiraja dokazatelstva supruzheskoj nevernosti, - Dzhekson odnazhdy vstrechaet na osypajuschemsja utese sovershenno otchajavshegosja cheloveka. Protjanuv emu ruku pomoschi v prjamom i perenosnom smysle, Dzhekson ponevole vvjazyvaetsja v rassledovanie strashnykh prestuplenij, kotorye proiskhodjat mnogo let u politsii pod nosom, prichem tvorjat ikh ljudi samye chto ni na est prilichnye i uvazhaemye. Odnovremenno s Dzheksonom etot zloveschij klubok pod nazvaniem "magicheskij krug" rasputyvaet ego staraja edinburgskaja znakomaja, kotoroj on objazan zhiznju, - eruditka i uzhe otnjud ne maljutka Redzhi Dich... "Volshebnyj - i volshebno zatjagivajuschij - mir peresekajuschikhsja tropok, kovarnykh zamyslov i udivitelnykh sovpadenij. Neverojatno uvlekatelno i trogatelno" (Sunday Mirror). Perevodchik: Gryzunova Anastasija Borisovna

V vysshuju ligu sovremennoj literatury Kejt Atkinson popala s pervoj zhe popytki: ee debjutnyj roman "Muzej moikh tajn" poluchil prestizhnuju Uitbredovskuju premiju, obojdja "Proschalnyj vzdokh mavra" Salmana Rushdi, a tsikl romanov o chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi, uspevshij poljubitsja i rossijskomu chitatelju ("Prestuplenija proshlogo", "Povorot k luchshemu", "Zhdat li dobrykh vestej?", "Chut svet, s sobakoju vdvoem"), Stiven King okrestil "glavnym detektivnym proektom desjatiletija". Summarnyj tirazh tsikla prevysil tri milliona ekzempljarov, a na osnove pervykh ego knig telekanal Bi-bi-si vypustil serial "Prestuplenija proshlogo" s Dzheksonom Ajzeksom v glavnoj roli. V romane "Zhdat li dobrykh vestej?" dejstvie proiskhodit ne v universitetskom Kembridzhe i ne sredi tolp turistov, sekhavshikhsja na Edinburgskij festival, khotja shotlandskaja stolitsa vnov obespechivaet zhivopisnyj fon proiskhodjaschim sobytijam. A tolchkom k nim posluzhilo koshmarnoe prestuplenie tridtsatiletnej davnosti, vskolykhnuvshee tikhij Devonshir i vsju Angliju; i vot osuzhdennyj ubijtsa, otsidev polozhennoe, vykhodit na svobodu. Tem vremenem propadaet bez vesti doktor Trapper s malenkim rebenkom - odnako ee ischeznovenie trevozhit, sudja po vsemu, tolko ee ovcharku Sejdi i shestnadtsatiletnjuju bebisittershu Redzhi. A starshij detektiv-inspektor Luiza Monro ozabochena drugoj propazhej - esche ne znaja, chto Dzhekson Broudi vot-vot opjat vorvetsja v ee zhizn, prichem na vsekh parakh (v bukvalnom smysle).

V vysshuju ligu sovremennoj literatury Kejt Atkinson popala s pervoj zhe popytki: ee debjutnyj roman "Muzej moikh tajn" poluchil prestizhnuju Uitbredovskuju premiju, obojdja "Proschalnyj vzdokh mavra" Salmana Rushdi, a tsikl romanov o chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi, uspevshij poljubitsja i rossijskomu chitatelju ("Prestuplenija proshlogo", "Povorot k luchshemu", "Zhdat li dobrykh vestej?", "Chut svet, s sobakoju vdvoem" - a teper i "Bolshoe nebo"), Stiven King okrestil "glavnym detektivnym proektom desjatiletija". Summarnyj tirazh tsikla prevysil tri milliona ekzempljarov, a na osnove pervykh ego knig telekanal Bi-bi-si vypustil serial "Prestuplenija proshlogo" s Dzheksonom Ajzeksom v glavnoj roli. Dzhekson Broudi poselilsja v kroshechnoj primorskoj derevushke v severnom Jorkshire, gde emu inogda sostavljajut kompaniju syn i drjakhlyj Labrador, i pechalno ozhidaet svadby svoej docheri. Zanimajas rutinnoj rabotoj chastnogo detektiva - v osnovnom sobiraja dokazatelstva supruzheskoj nevernosti, - Dzhekson odnazhdy vstrechaet na osypajuschemsja utese sovershenno otchajavshegosja cheloveka. Protjanuv emu ruku pomoschi v prjamom i perenosnom smysle, Dzhekson ponevole vvjazyvaetsja v rassledovanie strashnykh prestuplenij, kotorye proiskhodjat mnogo let u politsii pod nosom, prichem tvorjat ikh ljudi samye chto ni na est prilichnye i uvazhaemye. Odnovremenno s Dzheksonom etot zloveschij klubok pod nazvaniem "magicheskij krug" rasputyvaet ego staraja edinburgskaja znakomaja, kotoroj on objazan zhiznju, - eruditka i uzhe otnjud ne maljutka Redzhi Dich.

A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of award-winning, bestselling author Kate Atkinson's debut novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, a deeply moving and deeply funny family story of happiness and heartbreak National Bestseller Winner of the Whitbread Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Ruby Lennox begins narrating her own life at the moment of her conception and from there takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of a girl determined to learn more about her family and the secrets it keeps. Kate Atkinson's dazzling first novel, named the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year in England, is a darkly comic, deeply moving story of family heartbreak and happiness.

Året är 1940. 18-åriga Julia Armstrong blir motvilligt rekryterad till spionbranschen. Hon skickas till en obskyr liten avdelning där hon får i uppdrag att dokumentera brittiska nazisympatisörers förehavanden. Ett arbete som gör henne både utmattad och skräckslagen. Men efter krigets slut tar hon för givet att den perioden i hennes liv har förpassats till historien för alltid. Tio år senare är hon radioproducent på BBC, när hon oväntat blir konfronterad med sitt förflutna. Nu utspelas ett annat slags krig, på ett annat slagfält, men Julia känner sig återigen hotad. Räkenskapens timme är slagen, och hon börjar äntligen förstå att det inte finns några handlingar utan konsekvenser. Kodnamn Flamingo är ett verk av sällsynt djup, en storartad och kraftfull roman, full av kvickhet och empati, från en av de bästa författarna i modern tid." Du kan själv bestämma vilken sorts bok Kodnamn Flamingo är: du kommer att få en utmärkt läsupplevelse oavsett vilken genre du väljer." Skånska Dagbladet

Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies. Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network -- and back across the path of his old friend Reggie. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking novel by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today. Thank goodness the long Jackson Brodie hiatus is over. --Janet Maslin, New York Times

”Taidokkaassa rakennelmassa erillisten ihmisryhmien polut risteävät ja johtavat lopulta pimeyteen, josta löytyy ihmiskauppaa, pedofiliaa ja murhia. Ei voi mitään, Liian kirkas taivas on vihaisempi ja armottomampi kuin mikään edeltävistä neljästä Brodie-romaanista.” Suvi Ahola, Helsingin SanomatJackson Brodie viettää syrjäisessä merenrantakaupungissa hiljaiseloa ja elättää itsensä heittämällä keikkaa yksityisetsivänä uskottomuusepäilyjä tutkien ja kadonneita kissoja etsien. Ajoittain hänen seuranaan ovat teini-ikäinen poika tai ikääntynyt labradorinnoutaja, ex-puolison niin salliessa jopa molemmat. Eräänä päivänä Brodie pelastaa miehen mahdolliselta itsemurhalta kalliojyrkänteellä. Käy ilmi, että miestä epäillään murhasta. Vähitellen Brodie joutuu keskelle valheiden ja vanhojen salaisuuksien verkkoa, jotka pakottavat hänet kohtaamaan myös oman menneisyytensä.

Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an ageing Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network - and back across the path of his old friend Reggie. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking novel by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today.

The perfect Christmas stocking filler: three festive tales from the brilliant pen of Kate Atkinson.'Lucy would have challenged anyone not to cry at the sight of their child in a Nativity play. Even a sheepish Maude, even a scowling Beatrice – currently attempting a Chinese burn on an adjacent angel. A shepherd shouted something incomprehensible to Joseph. One of the Wise Men wet himself. Beatrice waved enthusiastically – a little too enthusiastically – at Lucy from the angelic choir. It was better than any religion, Lucy thought.'From the award-winning author of LIFE AFTER LIFE, SHRINES OF GAIETY and DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK

A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit, and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time.