Lies of silence, Moore, Brian
Summary
Chapter 1
Michael Dillon is the manager of the Clarence Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is preparing the arrangements for the day - the graduation week and an Orange Order congress.Later Dillon phones his mistress, Andrea, because he wants to take a walk with her. He picks her up and they take a romantic walk in the Lover's lane. They talk about their past history, moving to London, Dillon's up-coming divorce and the first time Dillon met Moira and Andrea.
He drives Andrea back to her apartment and then he drives home to Moira. When he walks up the entryway he notices that his cat is gone, but he does not pay further attention to it.
Moira is awake when Dillon comes home. She is together with her friend Peg Wilton. Dillon drives Peg home, and they talk about Peg offering Moira a job in her shop.
When he comes home he sees the dead cat lying on the ground, but he does not tell Moira because he has something else to tell her - he is planning to tell Moira about his mistress and that he wants a divorce. As he steps in the phone rings. He picks it up and hears Peg´s voice saying: "Remember, don't say anything. Be surprised"
Moira tells Dillon that she suffers from bulimia and asks him to go to bed. But Dillon says that he has got some bills to pay. When he sits in his study, he sees a white car parked across the street. In the car there are two persons - a boy and a girl. The boy turns his head toward Dillon's window and Dillon walks away from the window and into the bedroom. Moira and Dillon talk about Moira working in Peg's shop. Dillon is having difficulties telling Moira about them getting d
| mmmcool | 27 maart 2011 @ 22:31 uurGeweldig! ik heb volgende week hier een toets van en dan kan ik me nu op andere dingen focusen inplaats van een boek lezen… |
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| wiezzie | 12 maart 2009 @ 21:11 uurZOOOOOOOOOO ERG BEDANKT... ik had alleen maar begin en einde gelezen en dacht dat ik misschien ook maar even een samenvatting moest lezen… maar goed ook.. de (open)vragen die ik erover waren echt stervensmoeilijk.. maar ik heb een voldoende gehaald door deze samenvatting =) thx.. respect |
| juliettez | 11 juni 2008 @ 14:29 uurIk vind dit een goede samenvatting. Ik moet het boek nu lezen omdat ik er morgen een proefwerk over heb, en dit stuk heeft me daar erg bij geholpen omdat ik gewoon niet door het echte boek heen kom. Ookal is het een beetje ´droog´geschreven. |