The Left Hand of God - Softcover

Hoffman, Paul

3.65

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141333553 ISBN 13: 9780141333557

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

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'Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary.'

The Sanctuary of the Redeemers: vast, desolate, hopeless. Where children endure brutal cruelty and violence in the name of the One True Faith.

Lost in the Sanctuary's huge maze of corridors is a boy: his age uncertain, his real name unknown. They call him Cale. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming - and violent. But when he opens the wrong door at the wrong time he witnesses an act so horrible he must flee, or die.

The Redeemers will go to any lengths to get Cale back.
Not because of the secret he has discovered.
But because of a more terrifying secret that lies undiscovered in himself.

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Review:

Writers like Hoffman are too rare. This wonderful book gripped me from the first chapter and then dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself. (Conn Iggulden)

Brooding and magnificent... Hoffman has created a terrifying world and filled it with strange and complex characters. (Eoin Colfer)

Brilliant. Mervyn Peake takes on Dickens in a head to head clash with a manga comic that takes no prisoners. Strange, funny, violent and intriguing. (Charlie Higson)

A dark novel, haunting and exciting. If you do not enjoy this book something has died in your soul (Harry Sidebottom)

About the Author:

Paul Hoffman is the author of two previous novels, The Wisdom of Crocodiles (2000), which predicted the collapse of the world financial system, and The Golden Age of Censorship (2007), a black comedy based on his experiences as a film censor.

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