- Fiction, Suspense fiction, Adventure stories, Suspense
With translation rights sold in twenty-five countries, Gordon Dahlquist's spectacular and extraordinary debut novel was one of the most-talked-about acquisitions of 2005. Now this monumental Victorian thriller is destined to be the publishing sensation of 2006.It began with a simple note: a letter of rejection from Miss Temple's fiance, written on crisp Ministry paper and delivered on her maid's silver tray.
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Grave, relentless, overwhelming and earnest.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Gordon Dahlquist
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 764
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited, Random House Publishing Group, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9781596061057
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