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In 1994, Marko Novak's world is torn apart by the death of his best friend, Kemal, a young soldier in the darkest days of the Bosnian war. After the funeral, Marko flees to England, hoping to put his broken homeland, and the part he played in the loss of his friend, behind him. In 2004, human rights researcher Anya Teal is following a tenuous lead in the hunt for a Bosnian man with blood on his hands. She is also clinging to the fragile hope that she can rebuild a relationship with her first love, William Howell. When Anya invites Will to join her on a Christmas holiday in the Thai beach resort of Khao Lak, she hopes the holiday will offer them the chance to unpick the mistakes of their past. But Khao Lak may also be home to the man Anya is looking for--a man with a much darker history.
About the Author
Find out more about David, author events, and read his essays at davidsavill.com.
David Savill's novels explore the places where personal stories become political stories.
In the last year of the Bosnian war, David lived as a teacher and a student among the refugees of Srebrenica. In an eight-year career as a BBC Current Affairs journalist, he worked on Panorama, This World, Real Story, World at One and PM.
His first novel, They Are Trying to Break Your Heart, follows the story of a Bosnian man who seeks the truth about his childhood friend as a Human Rights Researcher discovers her own truths. David's second novel, Disinformation, will tell the story of a journalist caught up in Vladimir Putin's rise to power.
David is Programme Leader of Creative Writing at the University of Salford
