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Soot The Times's Historical Fiction Book of the Month

Martin, Andrew
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781472152459
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Corsair
Vekt
243 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Martin, Andrew

Om bidragsyterne

Andrew Martin is a journalist and novelist. His critically praised 'Jim Stringer' series began with The Necropolis Railway in 2002. The following titles in the series, Murder at Deviation Junction and Death on a Branch Line, were shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award and, in 2008, Andrew Martin was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. The Somme Stations won the 2011 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award.

Soot The Times's Historical Fiction Book of the Month

Martin, Andrew
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
Martin, Andrew
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
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Drier than a cream cracker; northern not only in vernacular but saturninity which envelops like a quilt giving off cigar smoke and port; <b>memorable characters</b> who vie for oddity or unpleasantness . . . <b>Andrew Martin's splendidly drawn snow-smothered York is a perfect foil for his sooty 18th-century gubbins and goings on</b>, in which little turns out to be precisely black - or precisely white. - Evening Standard<p></p>'The book's many voices are <b>written with skill</b>, and York's parallel worlds of fashion and poverty are<b> vividly created</b>. The physical book itself is <b>stunning </b>- the front of the hardback is swirled with soot, and the pages are black-edged. <b>An enticing and clever book, inside and out'.</b> <i>Book Of The Month</i>. - The Times<p></p><i>A literary thriller of <b>great ingenuity and originality</b></i> - Sunday Times<p></p>A<b> fascinating</b> read - Catholic Herald<p></p>In a <b>cunningly constructed</b> narrative made up of letters, diaries and other documents, the mystery is unravelled with a nod to the 18th-century novel while <b>remaining bang </b><b>up-to-date</b> . . . <b>Strong characters, humour and a dash of </b><b>the picaresque</b> flesh out a <b>sophisticated, </b><b>confident and intriguing treat.</b> - Daily Mail<p></p><b>Exquisitely written</b> . . . <i>Soot</i> is a <b>well-made</b> whodunnit, an <b>artful</b> pastiche and an<b> atmospheric</b> recreation of Georgian England . . . Comic but never arch, it is an <b>artfully sophisticated</b> entertainment - Irish Times

'An enticing and clever book, inside and out' Book Of The Month - The TimesYork, 1799. In August, an artist is found murdered in his home - stabbed with a pair of scissors. Matthew Harvey's death is much discussed in the city. The scissors are among the tools of his trade - for Harvey is a renowned cutter and painter of shades, or silhouettes, the latest fashion in portraiture. It soon becomes clear that the murderer must be one of the artist's last sitters, and the people depicted in the final six shades made by him become the key suspects. But who are they? And where are they to be found?Later, in November, a clever but impoverished young gentleman called Fletcher Rigge languishes in the debtor's prison, until a letter arrives containing a bizarre proposition from the son of the murdered man. Rigge is to be released for one month, but in that time, he must find the killer. If he fails, he will be incarcerated again, possibly for life.And so, with everything at stake, and equipped only with copies of the distinctive silhouettes, Fletcher Rigge begins his search across the snow-covered city, and enters a world of shadows...
Les mer
A literary thriller, set mainly in late 18th-century York. Highly atmospheric and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, it brings to life 18th-century England with its villains and heroes.
Les mer
Drier than a cream cracker; northern not only in vernacular but saturninity which envelops like a quilt giving off cigar smoke and port; memorable characters who vie for oddity or unpleasantness . . . Andrew Martin's splendidly drawn snow-smothered York is a perfect foil for his sooty 18th-century gubbins and goings on, in which little turns out to be precisely black - or precisely white. - Evening Standard'The book's many voices are written with skill, and York's parallel worlds of fashion and poverty are vividly created. The physical book itself is stunning - the front of the hardback is swirled with soot, and the pages are black-edged. An enticing and clever book, inside and out'. Book Of The Month. - The TimesA literary thriller of great ingenuity and originality - Sunday TimesA fascinating read - Catholic HeraldIn a cunningly constructed narrative made up of letters, diaries and other documents, the mystery is unravelled with a nod to the 18th-century novel while remaining bang up-to-date . . . Strong characters, humour and a dash of the picaresque flesh out a sophisticated, confident and intriguing treat. - Daily MailExquisitely written . . . Soot is a well-made whodunnit, an artful pastiche and an atmospheric recreation of Georgian England . . . Comic but never arch, it is an artfully sophisticated entertainment - Irish Times
Les mer

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Drier than a cream cracker; northern not only in vernacular but saturninity which envelops like a quilt giving off cigar smoke and port; <b>memorable characters</b> who vie for oddity or unpleasantness . . . <b>Andrew Martin's splendidly drawn snow-smothered York is a perfect foil for his sooty 18th-century gubbins and goings on</b>, in which little turns out to be precisely black - or precisely white. - Evening Standard<p></p>'The book's many voices are <b>written with skill</b>, and York's parallel worlds of fashion and poverty are<b> vividly created</b>. The physical book itself is <b>stunning </b>- the front of the hardback is swirled with soot, and the pages are black-edged. <b>An enticing and clever book, inside and out'.</b> <i>Book Of The Month</i>. - The Times<p></p><i>A literary thriller of <b>great ingenuity and originality</b></i> - Sunday Times<p></p>A<b> fascinating</b> read - Catholic Herald<p></p>In a <b>cunningly constructed</b> narrative made up of letters, diaries and other documents, the mystery is unravelled with a nod to the 18th-century novel while <b>remaining bang </b><b>up-to-date</b> . . . <b>Strong characters, humour and a dash of </b><b>the picaresque</b> flesh out a <b>sophisticated, </b><b>confident and intriguing treat.</b> - Daily Mail<p></p><b>Exquisitely written</b> . . . <i>Soot</i> is a <b>well-made</b> whodunnit, an <b>artful</b> pastiche and an<b> atmospheric</b> recreation of Georgian England . . . Comic but never arch, it is an <b>artfully sophisticated</b> entertainment - Irish Times

'An enticing and clever book, inside and out' Book Of The Month - The TimesYork, 1799. In August, an artist is found murdered in his home - stabbed with a pair of scissors. Matthew Harvey's death is much discussed in the city. The scissors are among the tools of his trade - for Harvey is a renowned cutter and painter of shades, or silhouettes, the latest fashion in portraiture. It soon becomes clear that the murderer must be one of the artist's last sitters, and the people depicted in the final six shades made by him become the key suspects. But who are they? And where are they to be found?Later, in November, a clever but impoverished young gentleman called Fletcher Rigge languishes in the debtor's prison, until a letter arrives containing a bizarre proposition from the son of the murdered man. Rigge is to be released for one month, but in that time, he must find the killer. If he fails, he will be incarcerated again, possibly for life.And so, with everything at stake, and equipped only with copies of the distinctive silhouettes, Fletcher Rigge begins his search across the snow-covered city, and enters a world of shadows...
Les mer
A literary thriller, set mainly in late 18th-century York. Highly atmospheric and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, it brings to life 18th-century England with its villains and heroes.
Les mer
Drier than a cream cracker; northern not only in vernacular but saturninity which envelops like a quilt giving off cigar smoke and port; memorable characters who vie for oddity or unpleasantness . . . Andrew Martin's splendidly drawn snow-smothered York is a perfect foil for his sooty 18th-century gubbins and goings on, in which little turns out to be precisely black - or precisely white. - Evening Standard'The book's many voices are written with skill, and York's parallel worlds of fashion and poverty are vividly created. The physical book itself is stunning - the front of the hardback is swirled with soot, and the pages are black-edged. An enticing and clever book, inside and out'. Book Of The Month. - The TimesA literary thriller of great ingenuity and originality - Sunday TimesA fascinating read - Catholic HeraldIn a cunningly constructed narrative made up of letters, diaries and other documents, the mystery is unravelled with a nod to the 18th-century novel while remaining bang up-to-date . . . Strong characters, humour and a dash of the picaresque flesh out a sophisticated, confident and intriguing treat. - Daily MailExquisitely written . . . Soot is a well-made whodunnit, an artful pastiche and an atmospheric recreation of Georgian England . . . Comic but never arch, it is an artfully sophisticated entertainment - Irish Times
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781472152459
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Corsair
Vekt
243 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Martin, Andrew

Om bidragsyterne

Andrew Martin is a journalist and novelist. His critically praised 'Jim Stringer' series began with The Necropolis Railway in 2002. The following titles in the series, Murder at Deviation Junction and Death on a Branch Line, were shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award and, in 2008, Andrew Martin was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. The Somme Stations won the 2011 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award.

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