Human Traces: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Reissued in new series style, Human Traces is the moving and powerful prequel to Snow Country THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Shocking and enlightening... touching and affecting' DAILY MAIL 'A masterpiece . . . one of the great novels of this or any other century' INDEPENDENT As young boys, both Jacques Rebi re and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind. As psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the Victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned Professor Charcot in Paris; from the heights of the Sierra Madre in California to the plains of unexplored Africa. As the concerns of the old century fade and the First World War divides Europe, the two men's volatile relationship develops and changes, but is always tempered by one exceptional woman; Thomas's sister Sonia. 'Structurally intricate, yet intensely focused on the lives of individuals . . . replete with interesting ideas and . . . exceptionally fine writing' OBSERVER 'A bold and remarkable work of imagination . . . to write so well for so many pages is an amazing feat of intellectual athleticism' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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"Epic in scope, yet suffused with intimate emotions, Sebastian Faulks' seventh novel is one of those rare works of fiction that satisfies on every level." --Chicago Tribune"Complex and engrossing. . . . A leisurely, enjoyable read . . . always credible and humane." --Rocky Mountain News "Passages of gruesome and thrilling anatomical detail and episodes of medical casework [make Human Traces] read like the best detective fiction." --USA Today "A collage of science, ideas, romance, and adventure. . . . Fascinating." --The Boston Globe

Author Bio

Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.