A tale about the magic glimpsed from the corner of your eye, and one man's entry into the hidden world of London, this is a must read for fans of Neil Gaiman's Stardust and Neverwhere, as a young photographer begins to uncover a secret war - and a long-lost love - captured in his negatives.
A tale about the magic glimpsed from the corner of your eye, and one man's entry into the hidden world of London, this is a must read for fans of Neil Gaiman's Stardust and Neverwhere, as a young photographer begins to uncover a secret war - and a long-lost love - captured in his negatives.
Tom is a photographer and dreamer, capturing snapshots of the city around him, talking to the people on the fringes of his world, always searching for something he knows is missing but can never quite grasp.
He speaks to a beggar. He saves a woman from a gang on a darkened alley. He takes his photos . . . but only as he develops the negatives does he see the magical, hidden world he has brushed up against in all its beauty, and menace, and danger.And deep in those negatives is the clue he needs to continue his search: a midnight, moonlit market in the secret heart of London, where everything is for sale and anything is possible . . .Praise for Joanne Harris:'Perfect reading for a chilly autumn evening' thesenovelthoughts'Thought-provoking and evocative' Tor.comA sparkling modern fairytale... like reading champagne Natasha Pulley, #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author of THE MARS HOUSE
JOANNE HARRIS is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.
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