Summary
‘Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate - my hand leaps to the shelf’ PAUL THEROUX
‘The most original and interesting novelist of his generation’ ALLAN MASSIE, SCOTSMAN
2039, the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. 160,000 kilometres-square of ocean-crashed desert, littered with bones, shipwrecks and shattered dreams.
Cat Brosnan, a young scientist, has just arrived, aiming to track down a much-needed water source believed to lie hidden within this va…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780297868224 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0297868225 |
| Author: | Giles Foden |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 240mm x 28mm |
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An entertaining yarn that brings a touch of Rider Haggard to modern eco-politics – Max Davidson * Mail on Sunday *
A mystery set in a dried-up world * TLS *
Action-packed * Guardian *
…an entertaining yarn that brings a touch of Rider Haggard to modern eco-politics – Max Davidson * Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
Giles Foden
Giles Foden was born in Warwickshire in 1967 and grew up in Africa. He is the author of four novels, Last King of Scotland, Ladysmith, Zanzibar and Turbulence, and one work of non-fiction, Mimi and Toutou Go Forth. For five years he was assistant editor of the TLS, and was then Deputy Literary Editor at the Guardian. He’s now Professor of Creative Writing at UEA. He is married to Matilda Hunt and lives in Norfolk.
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