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Classical in form, grave, spare and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Anthony Ryan
- First published
- 2022
- Pages
- 552
- Publisher
- Orbit, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316430807
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Anthony Ryan was born in Scotland in 1970 but spent much of his adult life living and working in London. After a long career in the British Civil Service he took up writing full time after the success of his first novel Blood Song, Book One of the Raven’s Shadow trilogy. He has a degree in history, and his interests include art, science and the unending quest for the perfect pint of real ale.
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