The Forgiven

by Lawrence Osborne

  Acknowledgments

  I would like to express my immense gratitude to Caroline Dawnay for her intelligent and soulful help in editing and sustaining this book, and to Emma Parry for setting it in motion.

  About the Author

  LAWRENCE OSBORNE is the author of one previous novel, Ania Malina, and six books of nonfiction, including the memoir Bangkok Days. His journalism and short stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Newsweek, Forbes, Tin House, Harper’s, Conde Nast Traveler, and many other publications. Osborne has led a nomadic life, residing for years in France, Italy, Morocco, the United States, Mexico, and Thailand. He currently lives in Istanbul.