Watchmaker of Filigree Street

A bewitching tale of historical fantasy, magic, love and a clockwork octopus

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017Thaniel Steepleton returns from his job at the Home Office to his tiny flat only to find a gold pocketwatch lying on his pillow. When the watch then saves Thaniel’s life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori – a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry.As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-07-14
Mått128 x 198 x 22 mm
Vikt240 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Paperbacks
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781408854310
UtmärkelserLong-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2016 (UK)

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Natasha Pulley is the internationally bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, The Bedlam Stacks, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, The Kingdoms, The Half Life of Valery K and The Mars House. She has won a Betty Trask Award, been shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. She lives in Bristol, England. @natasha_pulley

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