Bookseller Reviews
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Elegant and engaging
Among Friends is a powerful work of literary fiction, spanning the lives of two families of lifelong friends. It is beautifully written, shocking without u... READ MORE
Friendships on thin ice
4.5 stars rounded up
This is a fantastic debut novel, and a riveting portrayal of a friendship on thin ice. Starting with a weekend get-together to celebr... READ MORE
Synopsis
Perfect lives hide terrible secrets
Having emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect, Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change. In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amos’s life will be undone by a shocking act of violence.
In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what - and who - will you sacrifice to survive?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9781035055456
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 20 mm
- Weight: 224g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allHuman Choices, Human Failings
Amos and Emerson have been friends for thirty years. They met in college and formed what seems like an unbreakable bond. Their families are entwined and th... READ MORE
Fragile foundations of lifelong friendships
Hal Ebbott’s *Among Friends* is a gripping and elegantly crafted novel that explores the fragile foundations of lifelong friendships and the quiet tensions... READ MORE
Exceptional Writing
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
This is exceptionally well written and it is a debut!
I sat down yesterday to read the first few ... READ MORE
Compelling!
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott
Amos and Emerson have been friends since they were at university together 30 years ago. They gather for a weekend to celebr... READ MORE
Overwritten, almost unreadable in places and lacking in authenticity
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book.
From the blurb, this sounded like the sort of book I enjoy but I very much did n... READ MORE
Amazing Debut
This was a languid but engrossing book - you didn’t realise that it was drawing you in until the water was up to your nose and you were in danger of succum... READ MORE
difficult and unpleasant to read
Two very male friends meet young and stay friendly over the years, in a complex and dependent relationship that changes over time. That's fine, until the w... READ MORE
Add to your tbr
I enjoyed reading this novel, it was at times a tad slow (meaning it took me weeks to read as I didn’t need to read in one sitting or pick back up again so... READ MORE
disappointing
Disappointingly I found this book really difficult to get into, I started it twice but found the style quite off putting and difficult to follow as it seem... READ MORE
Sharp, unsettling, brilliant
Amos and Emerson have been friends for decades. The kind of friendship that looks unshakable from the outside—woven into the fabric of their families, thei... READ MORE
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