Description
'Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and wilfully bizarre. Needless to say, I doubt you'll believe a word of it.'
So starts the extraordinary tale of Edward Moon, detective, his silent sidekick the Somnambulist and a devilish plot to recreate the apocalyptic prophecies of William Blake and bring the British Empire crashing down.
With a gallery of vividly grotesque characters, a richly evoked setting and a playful highly literate style this is an amazingly readable literary fantasy and a brilliant debut.
An extraordinary tale of poetry, secret societies, travelling circuses and walking dead set in a richly realised Victorian London.
About the Author
Jonathan Barnes graduated from Oxford with a First in English Literature. He has had various jobs in banking but is also a reviewer for numerous literary magazines and papers.
Book Information
ISBN 9780575082144
Author Jonathan Barnes
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Gollancz
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Series Gollancz S.F.
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 155mm * 20mm
