Smoke
Imagine a world in which every bad thought you had was made visible…
$36.26
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2017
Summary
‘Astonishing … It’s filling in that gaping hole left by both HARRY POTTER and Philip Pullman’s NORTHERN LIGHTS. Yes, really’ Stylist
‘The laws of Smoke are complex. Not every lie will trigger it. A fleeting thought of evil may pass unseen. Next thing you know its smell is in your nose. There is no more hateful smell in the world than the smell of Smoke…’SMOKE opens in a private boarding school near Oxford, but history has not followed the path known to us. In this o…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474600958 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474600956 |
| Author: | Dan Vyleta |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 36mm |
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Astonishing … it’s filling in that gaping hole left by both Harry Potter and Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights. Yes, really - Stylist
For once both comparisons (with Harry Potter and Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights) are apt.. this is a novel that stays in the imagination long after it has been read - GUARDIANMesmerising and imaginative.. Smoke is at once profound, moving and timely: a novel that tackles the most fundamental question of good versus evil. - Hannah Beckerman, THE OBSERVERLike an adult version of the Harry Potter books with a touch of Dickensian dystopia…a sheer delight - Maxim Jakubowski, lovereading.comAbout The Author
Dan Vyleta
Dan Vyleta is the son of Czech refugees who emigrated to Germany in the late 1960s. After growing up in Germany, he left to attend university in the UK where he completed a PhD in History at King’s College, Cambridge. His debut novel, Pavel & I, gathered immediate international acclaim and was translated into eight languages. His second novel, The Quiet Twin, was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and his third, The Crooked Maid, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the J.I Segal Award. He lives in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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