Misfortune: A Novel - Softcover

Stace, Wesley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316154482 ISBN 13: 9780316154482

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2006

Synopsis

On a moonlit night on the outskirts of London, Lord Geoffroy Loveall findsthe answer to his prayers: an abandoned baby, somehow still alive amid thejunk of a rubbish heap. Rescuing the infant from certain death, Lord Geoffroy adopts her as his only child, heir to the fabulous Love Hall fortune. He names her Rose in memory of his long-dead sister and gives hera childhood of unparalleled gaiety and unstinting pleasure. But every house has a secret, and as Rose approaches adolescence, the secret of Love Hall becomes impossible to hide. As much as Lord Geoffroy wanted a daughter, the baby he brought home is, in fact, a boy. As a flock

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Review:

"I laughed, I cried, I swooned... I LOVED THIS BOOK" (Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller's Wife)

"I am in complete admiration... Remarkable, complex, delicate, sophisticated" (Bret Easton Ellis)

"Stace's attention to every detail is a delight, and he revels in the richly embroidered language of his period... a delightful diversion" (Daily Telegraph)

"As crazily gothic as Gormenghast" (Independent on Sunday)

"Musical, almost symphonic...It engages boldly with the forces of social oppression and sexual repression" (Guardian)

From the Publisher:

Gormenghast meets Middlesex meets Fingersmith: a brilliant gothic novel by a truly exceptional new writer

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0316154482
• ISBN 13: 9780316154482
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560