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Mister Memory
Marcus Sedgwick
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Description for Mister Memory
Paperback. In Paris, at the end of the nineteenth century, a man with a perfect memory murders his wife. But that is only the start of the story.. A dazzling literary mystery from prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 238.
A dazzling literary mystery from prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick, for fans of Scarlett Thomas, Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Patrick Suskind. In Paris, in the year 1899, Marcel Despres is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to Salpetriere asylum. And so the story might have stopped. But this is no ordinary patient: Marcel Despres, Mister Memory, is a man who cannot forget. And it is no ordinary case: the hurried cover-up hints at dark secrets in the shadows. A policeman and a ... Read more
A dazzling literary mystery from prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick, for fans of Scarlett Thomas, Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Patrick Suskind. In Paris, in the year 1899, Marcel Despres is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to Salpetriere asylum. And so the story might have stopped. But this is no ordinary patient: Marcel Despres, Mister Memory, is a man who cannot forget. And it is no ordinary case: the hurried cover-up hints at dark secrets in the shadows. A policeman and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444752014
SKU
V9781444752014
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a widely admired, prizewinning author of YA fiction. His books have been shortlisted for over thirty awards, including the Carnegie Medal (five times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (four times). He won the Branford Boase award for his debut novel, Floodland, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand is ... Read more
Reviews for Mister Memory
Classy, elegant and gripping... A novel for a chilly night with a cup of tea and a warm blanket where you start reading and then go on and on, unable to stop.
John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let the Right One In on A LOVE LIKE BLOOD This is a clever, fascinating and quite riveting story which poses as ... Read more
John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let the Right One In on A LOVE LIKE BLOOD This is a clever, fascinating and quite riveting story which poses as ... Read more