A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.
Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus. She buys a penny twist of coloured sugar and settles down to watch the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion, billed as a monster from the savage heart of Africa, forged in the heat of a merciless sun. Mama swears she hears the lion sigh, just before it leaps…and when Eve is born, the story goes, she didn’t cry – she meowed and licked her paws.
When Abel is pulled from the stinking Thames, the mudlarks are sure he is long dead. As they search his pockets to divvy up the treasure, his eyes crack open and he coughs up a stream of black water. But how has he survived a week in that thick stew of human waste?
Cast out by Victorian society, Eve and Abel find succour from an unlikely source. They will become The Lion Faced Girl and The Flayed Man, star performers in Professor Josiah Arroner’s Palace of Curiosities. And there begins a journey that will entwine their fates forever.
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A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.
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‘Garland’s lush prose is always a pleasure’ GUARDIAN
‘An alternately brutal and beautiful story about love and belonging in a vividly conveyed underworld, rich in carny phantasmagoria and lyrical romance’ METRO
‘Bewitching’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘A jewel-box of a novel … Garland is a real literary talent: definitely an author to watch’ Sarah Waters
‘Reminds me of Angela Carter’ Jenni Murray
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• Rosie Garland beat nearly 2,000 debut novelists to win Mslexia's inaugural novel competition in 2011, which was judged by bestselling author Sarah Waters, Jenni Murray and literary agent Clare Alexander.
• Already receiving endorsements from major literary voices.
• Will appeals to fans of Erin Morgenstern and Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.
• Averaging 4 stars on Amazon and 3.7 stars on Goodreads.
Competition: The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library Series Book 1); The House At The End Of Hope Street; The Hourglass Factory; The Whores' Asylum; The Masked City (The Invisible Library Series Book 2). Genevieve Cogman;Menna van Praag; Lucy Ribchester; Katy Darby;
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780007492787
Publisert
2013-09-26
Utgiver
Vendor
The Borough Press
Vekt
230 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Born in London to a runaway teenager, Rosie has always been a cuckoo in the nest. She is an eclectic writer and performer, ranging from singing in Goth band The March Violets through touring with the Subversive Stitch exhibition in the 90s, to her current incarnation as Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen, cabaret chanteuse, incomparable compere and electrifying poet. She has published five solo collections of poetry and her award-winning short stories, poems and essays have been widely anthologized. The Palace of Curiosities is her debut novel.