- Fantasy, Underground areas, Adventure stories, Emotions
In the underground city of Caverna, the world's most skilled craftspeople toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare--wines that remove memories, cheeses that make you hallucinate, and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as he slits your throat.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and richly built.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Frances Hardinge
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 477
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan, Amulet Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781419724848
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