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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 460
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan, Orbit
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781035013791
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ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.
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