Hide Me Among the Graves - Softcover

Powers, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062210807 ISBN 13: 9780062210807

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2013

Synopsis

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 pidgeonhole--or to resist--Hide Me Among the Graves is the taut, gripping, and utterly remarkable literary thrill ride that Tim Powers fans have been eagerly waiting for.

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Review:

"A writer of extraordinary imaginative powers."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"[An] intense, downhill-race of a story . . . the summer sleeper hit of 2006."--Denver Post

"[A] stellar supernatural thriller....Powers works an impressively original variation on the vampire theme....The meticulous attention to historical and literary detail grounds the story solidly in its period and enhances its imaginative reach."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES

"Grade: A . . . Powers never fails to reward readers with fascinating and believable tales that take them just beyond the edges of reality. Combining historical fact, science-fiction and thriller pacing, THREE DAYS TO NEVER is worth the wait. . . . Savor THREE DAYS TO NEVER."--Rocky Mountain News

"[I]nternational metaphysical intrigue involving time travel, Jewish mysticism, and Albert Einstein. . . . [I]t all somehow works in Powers' wily storytelling logic. B+."--Entertainment Weekly

"[A] breathtaking achievement, the complexity of which a review can only begin to capture...[A] powerful work."--Locus

"Machiavellian . . . [A]n astonishingly sophisticated and engrossing narrative."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"For those who have never read Powers before, THREE DAYS TO NEVER might be a welcoming entry point to his singlular fictional universe."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"A wild and wooly romp-fun."--Library Journal

"Endlessly inventive . . . You might finish this overstuffed novel still unsure about the connection between Einstein and astral projection, but if you give in to Powers's imaginative leaps and relentless pacing you may find that a mere quibble."--New York Times Book Review

Book Description:

From multi-award-winning fantasy writer Tim Powers: a secret history of 19th-century London.

'Tim Powers is a brilliant writer... Wonderfully original' William Gibson

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062210807
• ISBN 13: 9780062210807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544