Light Over Liskeard
from the sunday times bestselling author of captain corelli’s mandolin
$20.01
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2025
Summary
Light Over Liskeard: A Cornish Haven
Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future. A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he’s looking for somewhere to ride out what’s ahead.
He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529920611 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529920612 |
| Author: | Louis de Bernières |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 35mm |
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Critics Review
Beguiling…Set in a jollier dystopia than the norm, it tells the tale of “Q”, a cryptographer who takes refuge from the madding crowd in Cornwall * Observer * Marked by de Bernieres’ customary light touch and wry humour…This quirky novel is timely… a feelgood story about friendship and love – vintage de Bernieres. * Daily Mirror * A knockabout satire with twists aplenty * Mail on Sunday * A wonder worthy of Wyndham…wry, wise * Daily Mail * Heaps of old-fashioned adventure * The Times *
About The Author
Louis de Bernières
Louis de Berni res is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children’s book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.
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