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The Winner Stands Alone

The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman. His wife Ewa left him two years ago and Igor has never really come to terms with their break up, especially as Ewa is now remarried to a famous fashion designer, Hamid Hussein. Igor is insanely jealous and when Ewa left him he told her that he would destroy `whole worlds` in order to get her back, and he intends to keep his promise...Igor has followed Ewa and her new husband to Cannes and his plan is to cause as much violence and destruction as possible until Ewa realises how much he loves her and comes back to him. Ewa loved Igor but she was absolutely
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Coelho cleverly weaves in elements of social satire, poking fun at our celebrity and money obsessed culture.

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The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival & the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman. His wife Ewa left him two years ago & Igor has never really come to terms with their break up, especially as Ewa is now remarried to a famous fashion designer, Hamid Hussein. Igor is insanely jealous & when Ewa left him he told her that he would destroy `whole worlds` in order to get her back, & he intends to keep his promise... Igor has followed Ewa & her new husband to Cannes & his plan is to cause as much violence & destruction as possible until Ewa realises how much he loves her & comes back to him. Ewa loved Igor but she was absolutely terrified of him. She knows that Igor has killed people in the past when he was a soldier, but she also knows a dark secret
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