Mister Memory
$38.34
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2017
Summary
In Paris, in the year 1899, Marcel Despres is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to Salpetriere asylum. And so the story might have stopped.
But the doctor there soon realises this is no ordinary patient: Marcel Despres, Mister Memory, is a man who cannot forget. And the policeman investigating his case feels sure something else is at stake: for why else would his superiors be so keen for the whole affair to be closed?
The crime seems to be linked to the highe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444752014 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444752014 |
| Author: | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Mulholland Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Classy, elegant and gripping… A novel for a chilly night with a cup of tea and a warm blanket where you start reading and then go on and on, unable to stop.
Brilliantly maintains tension and mystery on every page of this highly original story - Daily Mail
A cut above the usual crime novel…a beautifully written tale of the limitlessness of memory and the boundaries placed on love - Sarah WardThis macabre fantasy follows a trail of blood across Europe over 50 years…Stylish, thrilling and fast, you needn’t be a horror fan to enjoy this. - Sunday Mirror on A LOVE LIKE BLOODClassy, elegant and gripping… A novel for a chilly night with a cup of tea and a warm blanket where you start reading and then go on and on, unable to stop. - John Ajvide LindqvistAbout The Author
Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a widely admired, prizewinning author of YA fiction. His books have been shortlisted for over thirty awards, including the Carnegie Medal (five times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (four times). He won the Branford Boase award for his debut novel, Floodland, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand is Singing. His first novel for adults, A LOVE LIKE BLOOD, was published in 2014.
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