{"product_id":"the-destroyers-paperback","title":"The Destroyers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bollen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePaste\u003c\/em\u003e Best Novel of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, Vogue, Paste, New York Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Seattle Times, \u003c\/em\u003eYahoo!, \u003cem\u003eRefinery29, \u003c\/em\u003eBBC, \u003cem\u003ePopSugar, Boston Herald, New York Social Diary, Library Journal, Bookstr, Kirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller with a sleek Patricia Highsmith surface.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Equal parts Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. . . at once lyrical and suspenseful, thoughtful and riveting.\" --Garth Greenwell, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Superb. . . . A read-all-night of a book.\" --Alan Furst, author of \u003cem\u003eA Hero of France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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. 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