The Heart Broke In is a novel that just gets bigger and bigger, like a map being unfolded in a high wind.
The Heart Broke In is a novel that just gets bigger and bigger, like a map being unfolded in a high wind.
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alastair mabbott
James Meek introduces us first to Ritchie Shepherd, a former rock star who now produces a TV talent show but made a big mistake by embarking on an affair with a 15-year-old contestant. Meanwhile, his scientist sister, Bec, is studying a blood parasite which could turn out to provide effective immunity to malaria. She turns down a marriage proposal from a moralistic tabloid editor who, as it happens, knows all about her brother's under-age dalliances. Embittered by rejection, he tells Ritchie that he'll expose him unless he can provide dirt on Bec instead. She's not famous, but if her malaria treatment works she will be, and thus ripe for bringing down.
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