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The Blackpool Highflyer
Andrew Martin
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Description for The Blackpool Highflyer
Paperback. Offers an evocation of Edwardian working-class life. Series: Jim Stringer. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
'Genuinely gripping ... A brilliant evocation of Edwardian working-class life - the sort of thing DH Lawrence might have written had he been less verbose or been blessed with a sense of humour.' Peter Parker, Evening Standard
The second Jim Stringer adventure, The Blackpool Highflyer is a superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam.
'Unique and important ... There is no one else who is writing like Andrew Martin today.' Ian Marchant, Guardian
'Evokes Edwardian Yorkshire and Lancashire, their great industrial prosperity and singular ways of living, quite brilliantly in a historical whodunnit which for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Series
Jim Stringer
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571219025
SKU
V9780571219025
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-24
About Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent on Sunday and Granta, among many other publications. His highly acclaimed first novel, Bilton, described by Jon Ronson as 'enormously funny, genuinely moving and even a little scary', was followed by The Bobby Dazzlers, which Tim Lott hailed as 'truly unusual - a comic novel that actually makes ... Read more
Reviews for The Blackpool Highflyer
"'Genuinely gripping... A brilliant evocation of Edwardian working-class life - the sort of thing D.H. Lawrence might have written had he been less verbose or been blessed with a sense of humour.' Peter Parker, Evening Standard 'Evokes Edwardian Yorkshire and Lancashire, their great industrial prosperity and singular ways of living, quite brilliantly in a historical whodunnit which for its fresh ... Read more