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A Novel

von Claire North

Taschenbuch
464 Seiten; 233 mm x 154 mm
Sprache English
2018 Little, Brown Book Group; Orbit
ISBN 978-0-356-50738-5

Besprechung

An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN

Kurztext / Annotation

The stunning new novel from the award-winning Claire North, one of the most original voices in modern fiction

Langtext

'AN EERILY PLAUSIBLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE' Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN

'AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL . . . with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale' Cory Doctorow

*CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD*

From one of the most original new voices in modern fiction comes a startling vision of a world where you can get away with anything . . .

Theo Miller knows the value of human life - to the very last penny.

Working in the Criminal Audit Office, he assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full.

But when his ex-lover is killed, it's different. This is one death he can't let become merely an entry on a balance sheet.

Because when the richest in the world are getting away with murder, sometimes the numbers just don't add up.

From the award-winning Claire North comes an electrifying and provocative new novel which will resonate with readers around the world.

Praise for Claire North:

'Poignant and intensely gripping' Guardian

'Little short of a masterpiece' Independent

'Ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache' Sunday Times

'One of the fiction highlights of the decade' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club

Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern

North, ClaireClaire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller. She has since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. She lives in London.