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The Great Stink - Clare Clark
The Great Stink
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Clare Clark’s critically acclaimed The Great Stink “reeks of talent” (The Washington Post Book World) as it vividly brings to life the dark and mysterious underworld of Victorian London. Set in 1855, it tells the story of William May, an engineer who has returned home to London from the horrors... show more
Clare Clark’s critically acclaimed The Great Stink “reeks of talent” (The Washington Post Book World) as it vividly brings to life the dark and mysterious underworld of Victorian London. Set in 1855, it tells the story of William May, an engineer who has returned home to London from the horrors of the Crimean War. When he secures a job trans­forming the city’s sewer system, he believes that he will be able to find salvation in the subterranean world beneath the city. But the peace of the tunnels is shattered by a murder, and William is implicated as the killer. Could he truly have committed the crime? How will he bring the truth above-ground? With richly atmospheric prose, The Great Stink combines fact and fiction to transport readers into London’s putrid past, and marks the debut of a remarkably talented writer in the tradition of the very best historical novelists.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780156030885 (0156030888)
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 372
Edition language: English
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spocksbro
spocksbro rated it
Like her other novel, [book:The Nature of Monsters], Clare Clark accomplishes two things with The Great Stink. One, is a powerful (and queasily wonderful) evocation of the sights, sounds and smells of a by-gone London. In this case, the city of the Victorian Age c. 1860. The greatest city in the wor...
The Book Devourer
The Book Devourer rated it
3.0
Now that I am a mother of two small children I have much less time to do anything for myself. Since I enjoyed THE NATURE OF MONSTERS so much, I picked this up as soon as I could and although I appreciated the detail and seemingly well-researched information that Clark put forth, I wish I had read s...
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