Things in Jars (eBook)

Jess Kidd (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | Main
399 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78689-374-1 (ISBN)

Infos

'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Utterly mesmerising . . . A triumph' New York Times Book Review'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.

Autor

Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from County Mayo. Her first novel, Himself, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2016 and she was the winner of the Costa Short Story Award in the same year. In 2017, Himself was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. Her second novel, The Hoarder, was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award and longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Both books were BBC Radio 2 Book Club picks. @JessKiddHerself | jesskidd.com

Rezensionen

A writer with a poet's skill of balancing clarity and innovative flair

An arresting talent

Otherworldly and wonderfully original

A very talented writer

Kidd's writing is gorgeous

Kidd has imagination to spare

Wonderfully entertaining

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2019
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: BBC Radio 2 Book Club • book club • Costa Awards • Costa Award-winner • Crime Novel • Fantastical • female detective • Feminism • Haunting Season • historical fiction • magical realism • Mermaids • Supernatural • The Greatest Showman • Victorian London
• ISBN-10: 1-78689-374-6 / 1786893746
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-374-1 / 9781786893741