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Necroville

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Necroville

Contributors:

By (Author) Ian McDonald

ISBN:

9780575098510

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:

Gollancz

Publication Date:

11th May 2011

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

823.914

Prizes:

Short-listed for British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1995 (UK)

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

368

Dimensions:

Width 137mm, Height 199mm, Spine 22mm

Weight:

294g

Description

In the Los Angeles ghetto of Necroville, the yearly celebration of the Night of the Dead - where the dead are resurrected through the miracle of nanotechnology and live their second lives as non-citizens - becomes a journey of discovery and revelation for five individuals on the run from their pasts.

With his customary flair for making the bizarre both credible and fascinating, McDonald tosses aside the line of demarcation between living and dead in a story that confronts the central quandary of human existence: the essence of non-being.

Author Bio

Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960. His family moved to Northern Ireland in 1965. He now lives in Belfast and works in TV production. The author of many previous novels, including the groundbreaking Chaga books set in Africa, Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. RIVER OF GODS won the BSFA Award in 2005, BRASYL won it in 2009.

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