Background
He grew up on the East Coast of the United States of America, including a spell in Columbia, Maryland, which served as the inspiration for his fourth novel The New City.
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Splitting the Atom
(A study of a father-and-son relationship, which concerns ...)
A study of a father-and-son relationship, which concerns Matthew Merriweather and his father, Walter. Matthew's twin is dead and now he has to come to terms with a new existence without his complex and dangerous twin. The death also affects Walter's sense of security.
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The Real Justine: A Novel
( A brief love affair turns into an overwhelming obsessio...)
A brief love affair turns into an overwhelming obsession in a new novel that brings the talents of a superb literary stylist to a work of suspense, with thrilling results. The beautiful younger woman who appeared so unexpectedly, so gloriously, in Michael Coolidge’s life one night?a seemingly chance pick-up at a quiet neighborhood bar?vanished just as suddenly a few days later, leaving him dazed and bewildered. Months later he chances upon Justine on a village street, locked in a violent quarrel with a menacing stranger ? a day later, that man is found dead in a seedy motel and Justine has disappeared again, leaving behind only a hasty plea for help. Michael’s efforts to locate her, or to find out something more about her elusive past, yield only further mystery, a confusing web of lies, manipulations and false leads. Who is the real Justine? Downtown art world sophisticate, or small town innocent? Victim or predator? Someone he can trust, or someone he should actually fear? This spellbinding psychological thriller confounds the reader at every turn, constantly causing us to revise our assumptions. It’s a fascinating study in character and a relentless, ingeniously head-spinning story?all deliciously unresolved until the very last page.
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Stephen Amidon
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Amidon attended Wake Forest University as a Guy T. Carswell Scholar, majoring in philosophy.
Career
He moved to London, United Kingdom, in 1987, where he was given his first job as a critic by Auberon Waugh, who invited him to review a novel for The Literary Review. In 1999 he returned to the United States. His literary criticism and essays have appeared in many publications in North America and the United Kingdom and he has also worked as a film critic for the Financial Times and the Sunday Times. In November, 2013, Amidon was on the jury of the 31st Torino Film Festival.
Stephen Amidon sold his first work of fiction in 1989, when the short story "Echolocation" was chosen by Ian Hamilton for inclusion in the Bloomsbury anthology Soho Square World War II He was awarded an Arts Council of Great Britain bursary for the short story in 1990.
He is the author of a collection of short stories and six novels, the most recent of which, The Real Justine, was released in 2015. His fiction has been published in fifteen countries.
The novel Human Capital was chosen by Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post as one of the five best works of fiction of 2004. The film premiered in America at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and it was Italy"s entry for best foreign language film at the 2015 Academy Awards.
In February 2015, Teatro Stabile di Torino premiered 6BIANCA, a serial drama, written by Stephen Amidon and directed by Serena Sinigaglia.
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The Real Justine: A Novel
( A brief love affair turns into an overwhelming obsessio...)
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Splitting the Atom
(A study of a father-and-son relationship, which concerns ...)
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The Real Justine: A Novel
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United States