Drinking to excess is living when you're young. But what happens if
living becomes rape... assault... death?!!
Lisbon: that city at the mouth of the Tagus, that city that whispers,
licks and seduces its visitors, that city that haunts those seeking
refuge or its pleasures. Who would wish to escape?
It is the start of the millennium and two 'lads' from South-East London
are trapped in Lisbon among people and experiences set to push them to
the limits. Attempting to lie low after a fateful night back home, the
friends find themselves navigating an unfamiliar and unnerving new
reality.
A crime novel inspired by a real-life incident, and distinguished by its
sensitivity to subtleties of language and dialogue, Along the River
Run is a story of guilt and retribution played out amid the streets,
sounds and sights of this bewitching city.
Just as the undercurrents of Lisbon's Tagus are ever present, so the
literary undercurrents of the capital as written by Pessoa, Saramago or
Sa-Carneiro are there to enrich and pervade the evolving narrative. The
novel follows the author's much-praised earlier book on Lisbon, a
cultural exploration in a 'Cities of the Imagination' series, setting up
authoritative background research for this haunting story of
psychological destruction.
