Kraken: An Anatomy
Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears? For curator Billy Harrow...
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Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears? For curator Billy Harrow it's the start of a headlong pitch into a London of warring cults, surreal magic, apostates and assassins. It might just be that the creature he's been preserving is more than a biological rarity: there are those who are sure it's a god - A god that someone is hoping will end the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330492324 (0330492322)
Publish date: 2011-05-01
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
"Now look," said Billy, in an uncertain approximation of his reasonable voice. "What's all this about? Can't someone tell me?""Oh, for fuck's sake," replied Collingwood in disgust. "Someone's been trying to tell you for most of your sodding life. You just won't listen, will you? But if you want some...
To me this book only went downhill from the sluggish start. In fact I was forced to skim read the book in order to actually finish.The book tried so very hard to be dark and gritty and really only came across as trying. It was an awkward book, a mutated beast with bludgeoned tentacles. of course tha...
Weird, but strangely compelling. I cant believe this wasn't written without the aid of some hallucinatory drugs! What an imagination... I couldn't quite work out what I felt about this book, sometimes I wanted to give it five stars and at others 2. I loved the brilliantly described urban settings an...
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