A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of
Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of
Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical
realism delight. Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus.
She buys a penny twist of coloured sugar and settles down to watch
the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion, billed as a monster
from the savage heart of Africa, forged in the heat of a merciless
sun. Mama swears she hears the lion sigh, just before it
leaps...and when Eve is born, the story goes, she didn't cry - she
meowed and licked her paws. When Abel is pulled from the stinking
Thames, the mudlarks are sure he is long dead. As they search his
pockets to divvy up the treasure, his eyes crack open and he coughs
up a stream of black water. But how has he survived a week in that
thick stew of human waste? Cast out by Victorian society, Eve and
Abel find succour from an unlikely source. They will become The
Lion Faced Girl and The Flayed Man, star performers in Professor
Josiah Arroner's Palace of Curiosities. And there begins a journey
that will entwine their fates forever.
General
Imprint: |
The Borough Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
Rosie Garland
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Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
326 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-749278-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
0-00-749278-2 |
Barcode: |
9780007492787 |
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