- English literature
In the tradition of The Alienist and Anatomy: A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic debut set in 19th century Scotland – when real-life serial killers Burke and Hare terrorized the streets of Edinburgh – as a young medical student is lured into the illicit underworld of body snatching.
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Classical in form, grave, plot-driven and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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- Author
- A. Rae Dunlap
- First published
- 2024
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780008711542
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