'Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and wilfully bizarre. Needless to say, I doubt you'll believe a word of it.'
So starts the extraordinary tale of Edward Moon, detective, his silent sidekick the Somnambulist and a devilish plot to recreate the apocalyptic prophecies of William Blake and bring the British Empire crashing down.
With a gallery of vividly grotesque characters, a richly evoked setting and a playful highly literate style this is an amazingly readable literary fantasy and a brilliant debut.
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- Authors:
- Barnes, Jonathan
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780575082144
- Number of Pages:
- 288
- Publication Date:
- 10/01/2008
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Co
- Series:
- Gollancz S.F.
- Year Published:
- 2008
- Publication Date:
- 10/01/2008
- Imprint:
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780575082144