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The story focuses on a 65-year-old man celebrating his birthday at his country house. Slowly but surely, he realises one of the guests is not known to the others nor to him. When confronted in private, the guest explains he has been hired to murder him but allows the man to enjoy his party provided
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On the subject of acting, Lieber has remarked that it is a career and vocation that has ups and downs, as well as being a very noble profession. This early involvement in the theatre would later lead to a brief enrolment at the
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Lieber has identified that the novel is an allegorical story with hidden levels of meaning for readers who want to dig deeper into the narrative. Two important allegories Lieber drew inspiration from while writing
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I wanted to make sure the book would age well. I'm an avid reader and I'm very conscious of novels that don't hold up well because they're too topical. I wanted to make sure what I wrote about would continue to be
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While living in Wales, aged 11, Lieber would perform magic tricks on the street to make up his pocket money. When Lieber was aged 13 in 2001, he appeared in a musical adaptation of the
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Maple Hayes was run by its father and son team, Dr
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