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The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times

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Longlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa First Novel Award

New Faces of Fiction 2017, Observer

Observer Fiction to look out for in 2017

The Irish Times What To Look Out for in 2017 from Independent Publishers

Jen Campbell's 'Most Anticipated Books of 2017'

Jean Bookish Thoughts 'Most Anticipated Releases of 2017'

A dark social-realist fairytale, spotlighting the shadowy underside of 1920s England

Summer 1923: the modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of an old army truck and is whisked off to the woods north of London – a land haunted by the past, where lost souls and monsters conceal themselves in the trees.

In a sunlit clearing she meets the 'funny men', a quartet of disfigured ex-soldiers named after Dorothy's companions in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Here are the loved and the damaged, dark forests and darker histories, and the ever-present risk of discovery and violent retribution. Xan Brooks' stunning debut is heartbreaking, disturbing and redemptive.


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Publisher: Salt Publishing Limited

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  • ISBN: 9781784630942
  • File size: 1368 KB
  • Release date: April 15, 2017

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781784630942
  • File size: 1368 KB
  • Release date: April 15, 2017

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OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Longlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa First Novel Award

New Faces of Fiction 2017, Observer

Observer Fiction to look out for in 2017

The Irish Times What To Look Out for in 2017 from Independent Publishers

Jen Campbell's 'Most Anticipated Books of 2017'

Jean Bookish Thoughts 'Most Anticipated Releases of 2017'

A dark social-realist fairytale, spotlighting the shadowy underside of 1920s England

Summer 1923: the modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of an old army truck and is whisked off to the woods north of London – a land haunted by the past, where lost souls and monsters conceal themselves in the trees.

In a sunlit clearing she meets the 'funny men', a quartet of disfigured ex-soldiers named after Dorothy's companions in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Here are the loved and the damaged, dark forests and darker histories, and the ever-present risk of discovery and violent retribution. Xan Brooks' stunning debut is heartbreaking, disturbing and redemptive.


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