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Five : A Novel.
Five lives. Five stories. Five minutes until the London-bound train pulls into the station - and one of them dies. Minute by minute, the train gets closer, as we delve into each of their stories to learn what brought them right here, to this moment, to the very edge of life and death. A child, a mother, a businessman, an old woman, and a gambler - who would you choose to save? Or die?
Record details
- ISBN: 9798217088027
- Physical Description: 240 pages ; 1 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Crown, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FICTION / Family Life / General FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
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"Five people on a train platform, five minutes before it comes. One of them will die. Who should it be?"-- Provided by publisher. - Random House, Inc.
Five lives. Five stories. Four will liveâone will die. Who it will be? In this slow-burn masterpiece of psychological fiction, the choice is all yours.
âFive is a gripping, chilling story that asks difficult questions about judgement, forgiveness, and the notion of cause and effect.ââChris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark
Have you ever tried to pass the time by imagining the lives of the strangers standing next to you? Ilona Bannisterâs Five introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train. But these are not just any five people. From the beginning we know that one of them is going to die soon. Very soon. In five minutes the next train to London will arrive, killing one of them. But before this happens you will learn their stories.
None of these people are saints. Readers might fall in love with the beautiful young man who is on the verge of gambling his life away. They may pity the cantankerous old woman who has fallen to the ground yet is refusing help. Perhaps readers will look away from the child throwing a tantrum. Or judge his mother, who must surely be to blame. And some will be curiously compelled by the successful and damaged businessman orbiting them all.
These are the candidates for this morningâs misfortune. But they donât know it. Only you know. And you, our complicit reader, will not be able to resist deciding who deserves to walk away, and who deserves only five more minutes to live.
An incredibly original novel that breaks the fourth wall and asks the reader to be judge, jury, and executioner, Five looks at some of the most complicated issues of contemporary life: motherhood, disability, addiction. Every stranger has a story. And in Ilona Bannisterâs skillful hands, five peopleâs stories come together to create an unforgettable novel.
