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The Unburied
Charles Palliser
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Description for The Unburied
Paperback. A gothic tale of deception, murder and mystery set in Victorian England. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
A gothic tale of deception, murder and mystery set in Victorian England.
On a bleak, wintry morning in Victorian England, Dr Ned Courtine arrives in the sleepy cathedral town of Thurchester for a reunion with his former university friend, Austin Fickling. Over 20 years have passed since they last saw each other, and Fickling appears anxious and gaunt, ravaged by a strange, existential guilt. In order to deflect Courtine's questions from himself, Fickling recounts the story of Thurchester's ghost, William Burgoyne, once a royalist and treasurer of the cathedral who was murdered in the aftermath of the Civil War. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
284g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780229133
SKU
V9781780229133
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Charles Palliser
Charles Palliser is a bestselling American-born novelist. He has published five novels which have been translated into a dozen languages, and his most well-known novel, THE QUINCUNX, sold over a million copies internationally. He has taught creative writing in Glasgow, London, New Jersey and Poitiers. He lives in London.
Reviews for The Unburied
A big, fat murder mystery. It is a perfectly pitched pastiche of Victorian Gothic ... compulsive reading
EVENING STANDARD
This is, basically, a cracking yarn ... enormously enjoyable ... Wilkie Collins and chums having been effectively buried themselves for so long, it is charming that Palliser should so faithfully unbury them again
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Fans of ... Read more
EVENING STANDARD
This is, basically, a cracking yarn ... enormously enjoyable ... Wilkie Collins and chums having been effectively buried themselves for so long, it is charming that Palliser should so faithfully unbury them again
OBSERVER
Fans of ... Read more