The Destroyers, Christopher Bollen
The Destroyers, Christopher Bollen
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The Destroyers
A Novel

Author: Christopher Bollen

Narrator: Graham Halstead

Unabridged: 18 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/27/2017


Synopsis

Esquire Best Book of the Year • Recommended by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, Vogue, Paste, New York Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Seattle Times, Yahoo!, Refinery29, BBC, PopSugar, and the Boston Herald“A seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller with a sleek Patricia Highsmith surface."" —New York Times Book Review""Equal parts Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Destroyers is at once lyrical and suspenseful, thoughtful and riveting."" —Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You“Superb. . . . A read-all-night of a book.” —Alan Furst, author of A Hero of FranceArriving on the stunning Greek island of Patmos, Ian Bledsoe is broke, humiliated, and fleeing the fallout from his father’s death. His childhood friend Charlie—rich, exuberant, and basking in the success of his new venture on the island—could be his last hope.At first Patmos appears to be a dream—long, sun-soaked days on Charlie’s yacht and the reappearance of a girlfriend from Ian’s past—and Charlie readily offers Ian the lifeline he so desperately needs. But, like Charlie himself, this beautiful island conceals a darkness beneath, and it isn’t long before the dream begins to fragment. When Charlie suddenly vanishes, Ian finds himself caught up in deception after deception. As he grapples with the turmoil left in his friend’s wake, he is reminded of an imaginary game called Destroyers they invented as children—a game, he now realizes, they may have never stopped playing.

About Christopher Bollen

Christopher Bollen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Lost Americans, A Beautiful Crime, The Destroyers, Orient, and Lightning People. He is a frequent contributor to a number of publications, including Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and Interview. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerhard on March 06, 2021

Oh boy, that non-ending to the core mystery that drives the narrative is sure going to annoy a lot of readers, but it is one of the main reasons I loved this book so much. Review to follow.......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on November 12, 2020

Sophisticated, sexy and suspenseful. A dark and seductive novel about the games boys play and the messes they create set in the sunny Mediterranean. A character driven literary thriller with writing as luxurious as it’s Grecian setting.......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 28, 2017

I'm afraid I can't support the rave reviews this book got over the summer... which is why I read it. The plot is generally interesting and well constructed though the end is rather bizarre and abrupt .. what puts a nail in the my "reader coffin" is the utterly bloated descriptive prose that the auth......more

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey) on September 14, 2017

I was a big fan of Bollen’s LIGHTNING PEOPLE, a literary thriller-ish novel that touched on themes of identity, existential angst, friendship, love, class, and living on the edge, set in Manhattan. This time, Bollen changes the setting, but many of the themes reappear. THE DESTROYERS takes place on......more

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on October 08, 2017

Christopher Bollen is a proof of reincarnation for me. Long live F. Scott Fitzgerald! What an EXTREMELY talented author! What a luck to come across his books! What a pleasure to devour his exceptional prose! Orient, his second book, blew me away. His third book The Destroyers put his name on the VERY......more