Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy's novels have all been highly praised bestsellers. His work has been translated into sixteen languages and in 2006 he received the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born in Manhattan in 1955, he now lives in London and has two children.

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The Moment Douglas Kennedy Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 26 May 2011. Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced American writer in the midst of a rueful middle age. Living a very private life in Maine - in touch only with his daughter... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

Leaving the World Douglas Kennedy April 2011 Guest Editor Lesley Lokko on Douglas Kennedy... The blurb on the back (or is it the front?) of his novels says ‘no one does stylish, damaged women better.’ How true. When I’m in the mood for something I... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Leaving the World Douglas Kennedy Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 12 March 2009. Douglas Kennedy's superb new novel deals with themes of fate and how the choices we make play out in our lives. It charts the story of Jane Howard and... Format: Hardback - Released: 05/03/2009 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy Unlike many of Kennedy’s previous novels this one is narrated by a man. Harry is an American whose past has caught up with him irrevocably and he decides to jump ship to a shadowy, sinister Paris, where nothing is exactly... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/06/2007 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Temptation Douglas Kennedy Hard to say this because all his other novels have been so good, but this one has the edge for me. A wonderful lightness of touch and yet thriller-like suspense, it’s a real page turner that, to women will provide... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

State of the Union Douglas Kennedy Beginning in the ‘60s America and continuing right through to the tragedies of 9/11, this is the brilliantly told account of the breakdown of three generations of an all-American family. There’s humour and suspense in equal measure and the climax... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 01/06/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

State of the Union Douglas Kennedy Comparison: Francis Cottam, Andrew Klavan, Richard North Patterson. Similar this month: None but try Nicholas Evans or Joanne Harris. Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2005 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy Douglas Kennedy’s strength is his uncanny ability to create the most compelling of female characters in his books and here in A Special Relationship, he shows that strength and aptitude to mind blowing affect. The narrator Sally is an American... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 05/08/2004 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Pursuit of Happiness Douglas Kennedy Douglas Kennedy has once again written an incredibly powerful story set just after the second World War in Manhatten with twists and turns on almost every page. Incredibly well drawn characters, particularly the women, linger on long after you’ve finished... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 05/09/2002 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)