<p>\u00a0\u00bbI have never been faced with a moral crisis, let alone a matter of life or death.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>
\n<p>Peter Simons doesn\u2019t spend much time at home in his apartment. Thanks to his job at a multinational company, he is often flying around the world, enjoying a life of luxurious solitude in five-star hotels. So when he returns after being away for nine months and notices a strange smell coming from his neighbour\u2019s apartment, he initially tries not to get involved, but when a body is discovered, Peter\u2019s carefully cultivated detachment begins to crumble. And when new people move into the vacant apartment, he gets caught up in a petty dispute that will bring him to the brink of moral ruin.<\/p>
\n<p><i>Bystander<\/i> is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the reader to examine what it means to be a good neighbour.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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