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'What is it? What does it want? Why is it angry with me?' January 1937 Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and intimate.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Michelle Paver
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 243
- Publisher
- Orion Books, Isis Large Print, Orion Publishing Co
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781409123781
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