Résultats pour "Frankie" dans Psychologie

Zwei Brüder, Frankie und Freddie Lehmann. Eine verlorene Tasche. Schnee. Und das Hin und Her der Himmelsmacht. Frankie und Freddie Lehmann, zwei Brüder aus Bremen, in Westberlin, im Jahr 1980. Während der eine seit Wochen damit beschäftigt ist, in Kreuzberg Fuß zu fassen, will der andere weiterziehen nach New York, musste aber erst einmal am Kudamm im Probandenhotel wohnen und als Versuchskaninchen für Antidepressiva herhalten. Jetzt, einen Tag vor Heiligabend, hat er Angst vor Menschen, kann nicht mehr U-Bahn fahren und verliert eine wichtige Tasche.

Frankie is recovering, taking a rest from his last escapade. Claudia suggests a vacation. And all signs point to Las Vegas. Frankie is dazzled at first at the Adonis Hotel and Casino on the Sunset Strip, but then he crosses paths with shady characters and a two-faced Casino Boss with a nose for sniffing out hustlers and cheaters. Before long, Frankie is up to his neck in poker chips and trouble. There's only one way to leave this game of gambling, conspiracies and close calls; Cash out your chips or go home in a body bag.

An eerie, hypnotic debut about friendship, desire, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands. “A mesmerizing, hallucinatory adrenaline rush of a novel.”—Claire Luchette, author of Agatha of Little Neon LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE...

Raina loved performing on the London stage, but one night found herself dancing for only him. She froze, her cerulean eyes drawn to the balcony, where the warm glow of gaslights flickered upon his shadowy form. If only she had known that this monster - wrapped in beautiful skin - would rip her away from everything in the world she loved, perhaps, she wouldn’t have lingered so long.