London, winter of 1862, Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the doorstep of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child who, until now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the girl livesβbut that her life and soul ar
Hide Me Among the Graves
β Scribed by Powers, Tim
- Book ID
- 107091722
- Publisher
- HarperCollins US
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
βTim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favorite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear.β
βPeter Straub
From Last Call to On Stranger Tides to Declare to Three Days to Never, any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With Hide Me Among the Graves, it's possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A breathtaking historical thriller in which art and the supernatural collide, Hide Me Among the Graves transports readers back to mid-19th century London and features a reformed ex-prostitute, a veterinarian, and the vampire ghost of Lord Byron's onetime physician, uncle to poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A novel that, like all his others, is virtually impossible to pidgeonholeβor to resistβHide Me Among the Graves is the taut, gripping, and utterly remarkable literary thrill ride that Tim Powers...
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"Tim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favorite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear." --Peter Straub From _Last Call_ to _On Stranger Tides_ to _Declare_ to _Three Days to Never_ , any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With _Hide Me Among the Grav
"Tim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favorite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear." --Peter Straub From _Last Call_ to _On Stranger Tides_ to _Declare_ to _Three Days to Never_ , any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With _Hide Me Among the Grav
From Last Call to On Stranger Tides to Declare to Three Days to Never, any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With Hide Me Among the Graves, it's possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A breathtaking historical thriller in which art and the supernatural c