I was supposed to stay for 3 months. But I think I always…

'The Expats' would not exist without e-books.

— Chris Pavone

“Random acts of kindness show that even amidst the hustle and bustle, Paris inhabitants are more welcoming that their reputation gives them credit for.”

— Vicki Lesage

“The loneliness of the arab is a terrible thing; it is all consuming. It is already present like a little shadow under the heart…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

“When you grow up in middle America you are inculcated from the earliest age with the belief - no, the understanding - that America…

— Bill Bryson

Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure - and the…

— Chris Pavone

Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's there to…

— Lesley M. M. Blume

'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp.

— Chris Pavone

“The white façades of the villas and apartment houses were like blocks of time that had crystallised beside the road.”

— J.G. Ballard

For me making friends with locals is hard, mostly because my lack of Vietnamese language skills and being retired I have limited access to…

— Doug Rice

“Now you're being sentimental, Marija. You shouldn't waste your pity on machines! If you want to pity someone, pity the poor guestworker who's chucked…

— Chris Beckett

There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them to come…

— Miguel Syjuco

“He was just one of those people ... one of a thousand expats who'd dragged their unhappiness to the other side of the world,…

— Jon Courtenay Grimwood

“Your future is always more valuable than today, the sooner you realise that the better”

— Steve Douglas

“Expats of any country are quick to lose their sense of humour, beaten down by a lifetime of defending the land they no longer…

— Bill Carter

“It’s that moment about two months in, when you think you’ve finally got a handle on the place. Suddenly it feels within your grasp.…

— Lily King