The Wisdom of Bones
$15.56
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2020
Summary
‘To find a creature part eel, part African lion, who steps the tightrope, plays the viola, frightens the ladies and sings like a nightingale. This is my task. I must conjure, procure and invent, as a novelty is only novel once and no success succeeds as surely as failure fails. ‘
London 1879 - In a gloomy room on Islington’s backstreets showman Percy Unusual George dreams of the miracle that will change his fortunes and that of his troupe of performing Remarkables. Th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472154408 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472154401 |
| Author: | Kitty Aldridge |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 22mm |
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If literary London can lionise Zadie Smith, it should pay Kitty Aldridge the same compliment. She has star quality
If literary London can lionise Zadie Smith, it should pay Kitty Aldridge the same compliment. She has star quality - Sunday Telegraph
Kitty Aldridge is a real discovery, a writer of precision, delicacy and wit. - Salman RushdieThe novel is mostly told in Percy’s idiosyncratic voice … it is an entertaining tale of ambition and the urge to be different. - THE SUNDAY TIMES, Nick Rennison s Historical Fiction Choice.One of the most talented prose writers I have read in years - Carol Ann Duffy, Daily TelegraphKitty Aldridge has a nimble and exotic imagination, and in The Wisdom of Bones all her gifts are on display. Written in sentences of stark and evocative precision, and intertwining two poignant tales to startling effect, this novel has the fascination of a cabinet of curiosities magically brought to life. A regular marvel. - Rupert Thomson, author of Never Anyone But YouAbout The Author
Kitty Aldridge
Kitty Aldridge trained as an actor at Drama Centre, London, and went on to work in theatre, film and television for fifteen years as an actor and writer. In her thirties she began to write fiction. Her previous three novels have been shortlisted and longlisted for various fiction awards, and her short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize in 2011. She is currently working on a fifth book which forms part of MSt postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge.
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