On a sweltering summer’s day, 13-year-old Patch is kidnapped. For his best friend, Saint, it’s the end of the world. While she does everything in her power to find him, Patch spends an eternity in a pitch-black room. When he’s finally released, nobody wants to believe that he wasn’t alone there. Years later, Patch and Saint are still haunted by what happened.
In his novel, All the Colors of the Dark, award-winning British author Chris Whitaker (“We Begin at the End”) has created two unforgettable protagonists. The story of Saint and Patch is both a criminal case and a love story. Whitaker tells it as a grandiose odyssey through multiple decades and across the United States. “Impeccably crafted, deeply emotional, entirely shattering. I was captivated from page one” (Bonnie Garmus).
German text: Florian Lukas; Host: Bernhard Robben

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In den Farben des Dunkels

In den Farben des Dunkels

Chris Whitaker
Übersetzt von Conny Lösch
Piper

3492071538

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