{"product_id":"five-roundabouts-to-heaven-9781416540441","title":"Five Roundabouts to Heaven","description":"\u003cb\u003eFROM THE INTRODUCTION BY JOHN LE CARRÉ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This novel comprises some of the best work of an extremely gifted and perhaps under-regarded British crime novelist....What gave John Bingham his magic was something we look for in every writer, too often in vain: an absolute command of the internal landscape of his characters, acutely observed by a humane but wonderfully corrosive eye.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nineteen years is a long time. But when Peter Harding and Philip Bartels meet up again in the French countryside of their youth, the history and the dark secrets it holds are still there, tempered only slightly by time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The two men share more than a past friendship. Decades earlier, trapped in a disenchanted marriage with his wife, Beatrice, Philip meets and falls in love with the graceful, charming Lorna Dickson. Overcome by the prospect of a humiliating divorce, Philip makes the decision to poison Beatrice. But when he invites his best friend, Peter, to meet his mistress at lunch one day, he unwittingly sets off a shocking chain of events that will forever change the lives of everyone involved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now available for the first time in over twenty years, \u003ci\u003eFive Roundabouts to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is one of master writer and storyteller John Bingham's greatest works. With a chilling, expertly calibrated plot and mesmerizing prose, it is the powerful study of how murder can so easily enter the minds of ordinary people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.60w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416540441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBingham, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJohn Bingham\u003c\/b\u003e -- aka Lord Clanmorris, aka Michael Ward -- was a British intelligence officer and novelist. Over the course of thirty years, he served MI5 in various high-ranking capacities, including undercover agent, and pseudonymously published more than fifteen extraordinary novels, including \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Michael Sibley, A Fragment of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Love, I Kill\u003c\/i\u003e. Bingham died in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409867862131,"sku":"9781416540441","price":19.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_65a67cd3-2029-4981-8e51-2ad084697e8c.jpg?v=1771938866","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/five-roundabouts-to-heaven-9781416540441","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}