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All My Precious Madness
Henry Nash has hauled his way from a working class childhood in Bradford, through an undergraduate degree at Oxford, and into adulthood and an academic elite. But still, he can't escape his anger. As the world - and men in particular - continue to disappoint him, so does his rage grow in momentum until it becomes almost rapturous. And lethal. A savagely funny novel that disdains literary and moral conventions, All My Precious Madness is also a work of deep empathy even when that also means understanding the darkest parts of humanity. It is, as critic Stephen Mitchelmore says, the book for everyone who longs for 'an English Bernhard' - and to read one of the most electric debuts of the last decade.
Mary And The Rabbit Dream
Mary Toft was just another eighteenth century woman living in poverty, misery and frequent pain. Mary Toft was the kind of person overlooked by those with power, forgotten by historians. Mary Toft was nothing. Until, that is, Mary Toft started giving birth to rabbits... In Mary and the Rabbit Dream, the sensational debut novelist Noemi Kiss-Deaki reimagines Mary's strange and fascinating story - and how she found fame when a large swathe of England became convinced that she was the mother of rabbits. Mary and the Rabbit Dream is a story of bodily autonomy, of absurdity, of the horrors inflicted on women, of the cruel realities of poverty and the grotesque divides between rich and poor. It's a book that matters deeply - and it's also a compelling page-turner. A story told with exquisite wit, skill and a beautiful streak of subversive mischief.
The Doll Factory
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER -- Now a major TV series with Paramount+ 'A sharp, scary tale of love, art and obsession' – Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train Desire can be deadly London. 1850. On a crowded street, the dollmaker Iris Whittle meets the artist Louis Frost. Louis is a painter who is desperate for Iris to be his model. Iris agrees, on the condition that he teaches her to paint. Dreaming of freedom, Iris throws herself into a new life of art and love, unaware that she has caught the eye of a second man. Silas Reed is a curiosity collector, enchanted by the strange and beautiful. After seeing Iris at the site of the Great Exhibition he finds he cannot forget her. As Iris's world expands, Silas's obsession grows. And it is only a matter of time before they meet again . . . BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME Readers love Elizabeth Macneal's The Doll Factory: 'Breathtaking' ***** 'I couldn't put it down' ***** 'Spellbinding' ***** 'I never wanted it to end' ***** 'A plot to stop your heart' ***** The Burial Plot, Elizabeth's latest cat-and-mouse thriller, is available to pre-order now!
The Burial Plot
'I genuinely could not put this down' – Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England 'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' – Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time 'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' – Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is a spellbinding Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation. London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie’s feet and now she needs to ...
娃娃與標本師
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Dockmakerskan
En spännande och förtrollande roman om kärlek, frigörelse, konst och besatthet. London, 1850. Iris jobbar tillsammans med sin syster i en leksaksaffär, där de syr dockor tills fingrarna blöder för att försörja sin familj. Men Iris drömmer om ett annat liv. Så när hon blir erbjuden att stå modell för den prerafaelitiska konstnären Louis Frost, trotsar hon sin familj och tar chansen. När stadens invånare flockas för att se bygget av den första världsutställningen möter hon av en slump Silas, djuruppstopparen som längtar efter erkännande och ära. Iris glömmer det snabbt, men för Silas blir mötet början på något nytt – en fantasi som snart övergår till besatthet ...
El taller de nines
Amor i obsessió; art, esperança i mort en un fresc victorià d’elegància aterridora. L’any 1850 Londres batega al ritme dels preparatius per a la primera Exposició Universal. L’expectació és palpable arreu, fins i tot en els carrerons més sinistres dels baixos fons de la ciutat. En un d’aquests carrers, hi ha el taller de nines on malviuen i treballen de sol a sol l’Iris i la seva germana. De nit, l’Iris somia a convertirse, un dia, en artista, i així ho fa saber al pintor Frost quan aquest li demana que posi per a ell. En un altre carreró, Silas, el taxidermista solitari, no es pot treure del cap la noia del taller de nines. Obsedit i cruel, acaba d’iniciar un llarg c...
Dukkeværkstedet
"En fantastisk selvsikker debutroman med en autentisk følelse af tid og sted ... seriøst spændende." - Ian Rankin London, 1850. I Hyde Park strømmer folk til for at se byggeriet af Crystal Palace. Det gælder også unge Iris, der har taget en fridag fra arbejdet i Mrs. Salters Dukkeværksted. I parken møder hun den sære konservator Silas, der drømmer om at udstille sin samling af bizarre udstoppede dyr på Verdensudstillingen. Deres møde bliver for Silas starten på en altødelæggende besættelse - og skæbnesvangert for Iris, der også drømmer om at slå igennem som kunstner. Da hun accepterer jobbet som model for en af tidens eksperimenterende kunstnere, bliver det starten på et...
La Fabrique de poupées
La liberté est une chose précieuse Londres, 1850. L'Exposition universelle va bientôt ouvrir ses portes dans le tout nouveau Crystal Palace, et les badauds se pressent pour venir admirer cette merveille. Parmi eux, Iris, modeste employée dans un magasin de poupées, à la beauté mâtinée de difformité, qui rêve de devenir artiste peintre. Et puis il y a Silas, taxidermiste amateur de macabre et de curiosités, désireux d'y exposer ses créatures. Ces deux-là se croisent, et leurs destins en seront à jamais bouleversés. Iris accepte bientôt de poser pour Louis Frost, un jeune peintre préraphaélite. Avec lui, le champ des possibles s'élargit, et le modèle, avide de liberté, d...
