The #1 New York Times bestselling novel, now a major Sky Atlantic drama starring Mark Ruffalo as two identical twins, Thomas and Dominick.
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel, now a major Sky Atlantic drama starring Mark Ruffalo as two identical twins, Thomas and Dominick.
Dominick Birdsey's whole existence is coloured by the knowledge that his twin brother can never be fully responsible for his frightening behaviour, while he himself has beaten the biochemical odds to remain sane. But at what cost?
This powerful, heartwrenching drama draws on the deepest human emotions: the need to know oneself, responsibility to family, the influence of hidden history. The result is a highly acclaimed novel of survival, written with great sensitivity.
An epic contemporary novel, which was a No.1 bestseller in the States in
the summer of 1998, and which tells the story of a pair of identical twins
- one a paranoid schizophrenic and the other whose life is dominated by
resentment for his brother. "...never grapples with anything less than
life's biggest questions. A modern day Dostoevsky" (New York Times). "..fine
writing and a commendable depth of characterisation" (The Times).
