84K: 'An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece' Emily St John Mandel
(Paperback)
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Published: 24th May 2018
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Published: 11th September 2018
Paperback
Published: 29th May 2018
Publishing Details
84K: 'An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece' Emily St John Mandel
By (Author) Claire North
Little, Brown Book Group
Orbit
29th May 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Dystopian and utopian fiction
823.92
Nominated for Philip K. Dick Award 2019 (UK)
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 234mm, Height 158mm, Spine 33mm
616g
Description
'AN EERILY PLAUSIBLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE' Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN
'AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL . . . with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale' Cory Doctorow*CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD*From one of the most original new voices in modern fiction comes a startling vision of a world where you can get away with anything . . .Theo Miller knows the value of human life - to the very last penny. Working in the Criminal Audit Office, he assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full. But when his ex-lover is killed, it's different. This is one death he can't let become merely an entry on a balance sheet. Because when the richest in the world are getting away with murder, sometimes the numbers just don't add up.From the award-winning Claire North comes an electrifying and provocative new novel which will resonate with readers around the world. Praise for Claire North:'Poignant and intensely gripping' Guardian'Little short of a masterpiece' Independent'Ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache' Sunday Times'One of the fiction highlights of the decade' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book ClubReviews
Not only is this book beautifully, lyrically, poetically written, and its characters so heartfelt, it also has profound themes and philosophies that make it a literary classic. - Sunday Territorian
Author Bio
Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller. She has since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. She lives in London.
