The Great Stink - Hardcover

Clark, Clare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151011613 ISBN 13: 9780151011612

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

'A tale that literally reeks with atmosphere' -- Guardian

‘All the elements of a brisk Gothic thriller’ -- Observer

‘Gripping... to read The Great Stink is to experience that most exquisite of bookish pleasures: total immersion' -- Time Out

‘Harrowing’ -- Literary Review

‘Reminiscent of late Dickens at his most brooding. One of the best British novels of 2005’ -- Literary Review

From the Back Cover:

"[Clark] keeps the suspense high . . . [in this] captivating historical thriller."--People (4 stars)
It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to London and his beloved wife from the horrors of the Crimean War. When he secures a job transforming the city s sewer system, he believes that he will be able to find salvation in the subterranean world beneath the city. But the peace of the tunnels is shattered by a murder, and William is implicated as the killer. Could he truly have committed the crime? How will he bring the truth above-ground?
"In rich Dickensian detail, Clark creates the whole city teeming with life and decay, but she keeps the focus on a few fascinating characters in desperate straits . . . it's a rich work of history and a gripping exploration of the unmentionable currents that run beneath the surface of our lives--and it reeks of talent."--Washington Post Book World
"Who knew that drainage could be so captivating? And, more to the point, that excrement could be so, well, lyrically malleable? The Great Stink is a trove of olfactory poetry . . . The Great Stink is a crackerjack historical novel that combines the creepy intrigue of Caleb Carr, the sensory overload of Peter Ackroyd and the academic curiosity of A.S. Byatt."--Los Angeles Times

CLARE CLARK was born in London in 1967. A Senior Scholar at Trinity College Cambridge, she graduated with a Double First in History. THE GREAT STINK, her first novel, won the Quality Paperback Book Club s New Voices Fiction Award. She is married with two children and lives in London.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0151011613
• ISBN 13: 9780151011612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356