- Fiction, Death, Fathers, Revenge
East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Jennifer Donnelly
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 756
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks, BCA, Thomas Dunne Books
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- German, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780312288358
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