WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016 An International Bestseller / A Guardian Summer Read / An Amazon Best Book of the Month / A Goodreads Best Book of the Month / A Buzzfeed Summer Read / A Foyles Book of the Month / A Huffington Post Summer Read / A Yorkshire Post Book of the Week In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. When the watch saves Thaniels life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.
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Weight: 244g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 14 Jul 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781408854310
About Natasha Pulley
Natasha Pulley studied English Literature at Oxford University. After stints working at Waterstones as a bookseller then at Cambridge University Press as a publishing assistant in the astronomy and maths departments she did the Creative Writing MA at UEA. She later studied in Tokyo where she lived on a scholarship from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. She was chosen to be a Writer in Residence at Gladstones Library and is now associate lecturer at Bath Spa University and panel tutor at the Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education. Her first novel The Watchmaker of Filigree Street was an international bestseller won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Authors Club Best First Novel Award. The Bedlam Stacks is her second novel. She lives in Bath. @natasha_pulley
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