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After many years Doctor Victor Hoppe returns to the small village he grew up in. His return after an absence of many years generates a lot of interest - and suspicion - as he is accompanied by three triplets, all of whom share the same physical deformity as the doctor - a hare lip. These children are very quiet and are rarely seen in the village. But with time, and a series of apparently miraculous cures and tales of the wife he lost, the doctor begins to win the villagers over. He hires an ex schoolmistress, Charlotte, to look after the children and has strict instructions about the way they are to be brought up. But the longer Charlotte works with the doctor, the more she begins to suspect that the children - and the doctor - aren't what they seem.
As a child, the doctor was locked away in a harsh children's home run by nuns - because of his autism and his hare lip, he was assumed to be an idiot. He was eventually rescued but was determined never to succumb to the religious zealotry he witnessed in the convent and to dedicate his life instead to the pursuit of science. He began a career as a geneticist but his desire to correct the mistakes of nature lead him to eventual ruin and disgrace.
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headline: A TALL TALE OF ANGELIC SONS AND LOFTY IDEALS
"delivers explanations by - very brilliantly - juxtaposing Hoppe's early life with his ground breaking progress... The narrative is fast-paced with a sizeable cast, yet is it Dr Hoppe's own section which moves us most and reveals the author's deepest intentions." (THE INDEPENDENT)
...has superglue-soaked covers; you can't put it down... compulsive reading... This is a great big clunking fist of a book. Prepare to be knocked speechless. (SFX MAGAZINE)
the plot is interesting,... (indeed, the film rights have already been sold). (SUNDAY BUSINESS POST)
compelling... succeeds in immersing the reader in a chilling tale. (GLASGOW EVENING TIMES)
a frightening portrait of a character whose terrifying behaviour spirals out of control (EVENING EXPRESS (SCOTLAND))
shrouded in mystery (EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS)
poweful novel... an important message, and one which Brij's highly-individual approach conveys with powerful effect. (YORKSHIRE EVENING POST)
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"delivers explanations by - very brilliantly - juxtaposing Hoppe's early life with his ground breaking progress... The narrative is fast-paced with a sizeable cast, yet is it Dr Hoppe's own section which moves us most and reveals the author's deepest intentions." (THE INDEPENDENT)
...has superglue-soaked covers; you can't put it down... compulsive reading... This is a great big clunking fist of a book. Prepare to be knocked speechless. (SFX MAGAZINE)
the plot is interesting,... (indeed, the film rights have already been sold). (SUNDAY BUSINESS POST)
compelling... succeeds in immersing the reader in a chilling tale. (GLASGOW EVENING TIMES)
a frightening portrait of a character whose terrifying behaviour spirals out of control (EVENING EXPRESS (SCOTLAND))
shrouded in mystery (EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS)
poweful novel... an important message, and one which Brij's highly-individual approach conveys with powerful effect. (YORKSHIRE EVENING POST)
A dark fairytale that will appeal to readers of Perfume or the films of Tim Burton
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- PublisherW&N
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0297852965
- ISBN 13 9780297852964
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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The Angel Maker
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