Untitled Claire North. Novel - Numero 2: 'An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece' Emily St John Mandel - Tapa blanda

North, Claire

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9780356507385: Untitled Claire North. Novel - Numero 2: 'An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece' Emily St John Mandel

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ISBN 10: 0356507386 ISBN 13: 9780356507385

Editorial: LITTLE, BROWN, 2017

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

An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale (Cory Doctorow on 84K)

Absolutely breath-taking... An early and compelling candidate for best novel of 2018. Read it (Sci Fi Magazine)

Another captivating novel from one of the most intriguing and genre-bending novelists (BOOKLIST on 84K)

Claire North goes from strength to strength . . . A tense, moving story set in drawing from current political trends to present a draconian future similar to that of Nineteen Eighty-Four (GUARDIAN on 84K)

Absolutely breath-taking... An early and compelling candidate for best novel of 2018. Read it (Sci Fi Magazine)

[A] gut-punch of a novel . . . a story that is rare - one of those that is so good I didn't want it to end . . . Painted in shades of Fahrenheit 451, of Children of Men, Soylent Green and Brave New World (NPR)

[North] demonstrates again that her imaginative energy is as prodigious as her output. (SUNDAY TIMES)

Absorbing and timely; a book to wrestle and argue with, but first and foremost, to read (NEW YORK TIMES on 84k)

84K is a furious, confrontational book that's extremely smart . . . .its energy is infectious and its ideas are fiercely provocative (SCIFINOW)

Rese�a del editor:

'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