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Review:
James Meek's new novel has all the urgent readability of his previous work combined with a wide-ranging vision of social and personal responsibility that's very rare in current fiction. I suppose we could call it a moral thriller. Whatever we call it, I was enormously impressed. (Philip Pullman)
Addictive . . . Meek is a novelist of Dostoevskyan intensity and seriousness . . . Terrific . . . You have to admire the scope and ambition of this operatic saga (Guardian)
Intelligent, compelling and epic in scale (Woman & Home)
Page-turning and absorbing (Victoria Moore Daily Mail)
James Meek is Britain's answer to Don DeLillo (Brian Morton Independent)
In a literary culture that rewards narrow little books by sixtysomething white men about what it's like to be a sixtysomething white man, Meek's range, humour and boldness are a joy (Louise Doughty Observer)
Set in the near future, [Meek's] sinister media underworld hits on the zeitgeist . . . the characterisation is affectionate and the story is gripping (We Love This Book)
An enjoyable, thought-provoking read, going beyond satire to throw the questions back to the reader (Andrea Mullaney Scotland on Sunday)
This is a big juicy slab of a book, as thrilling and nourishing as a Victorian three-parter . . . Meek constantly shift's the reader's own moral foundations, as we try to decide who is doing right and wrong and why and how (Whynn Weldon Spectator)
The Heart Broke In is a realistic slice of life at the bench, reflecting both the admirable and the unflattering qualities of scientists (Nature Magazine)
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Addictive . . . Meek is a novelist of Dostoevskyan intensity and seriousness . . . Terrific . . . You have to admire the scope and ambition of this operatic saga (Guardian)
Intelligent, compelling and epic in scale (Woman & Home)
Page-turning and absorbing (Victoria Moore Daily Mail)
James Meek is Britain's answer to Don DeLillo (Brian Morton Independent)
In a literary culture that rewards narrow little books by sixtysomething white men about what it's like to be a sixtysomething white man, Meek's range, humour and boldness are a joy (Louise Doughty Observer)
Set in the near future, [Meek's] sinister media underworld hits on the zeitgeist . . . the characterisation is affectionate and the story is gripping (We Love This Book)
An enjoyable, thought-provoking read, going beyond satire to throw the questions back to the reader (Andrea Mullaney Scotland on Sunday)
This is a big juicy slab of a book, as thrilling and nourishing as a Victorian three-parter . . . Meek constantly shift's the reader's own moral foundations, as we try to decide who is doing right and wrong and why and how (Whynn Weldon Spectator)
The Heart Broke In is a realistic slice of life at the bench, reflecting both the admirable and the unflattering qualities of scientists (Nature Magazine)
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year Award 2012
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- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0857869183
- ISBN 13 9780857869180
- BindingHardcover
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