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Janice Shriek, ex-society figure, narrates this tale with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions. We follow the adventures of her brother Duncan, an historian obsessed with a doomed love affair, and learn of a secret that may kill or transform him. We witness a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever. And we’re introduced to the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who’ve been waiting underground for their chance to mould the future of the city.
Shriek: An Afterword is an epic yet personal look at life, love and death in the vividly imagined city of Ambergris. And, through this tumultuous story of the family Shriek, the author shows his genius at capturing and displaying the bizarre.
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Unsettling, erudite, dark, shot through with unexpected humour (China Miéville)
There are touches of Borges and Nabokov as well as H. P. Lovecraft in this tale of changing fortunes and shifting relationships . . . atmospheric (The Times)
Five stars . . . from an author who should be turning heads in the 'serious' literary world (BBC Focus Magazine)
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Challenging, intelligent and downright fun
(Guardian)There are touches of Borges and Nabokov as well as H. P. Lovecraft in this tale of changing fortunes and shifting relationships . . . atmospheric (The Times)
Five stars . . . from an author who should be turning heads in the 'serious' literary world (BBC Focus Magazine)
Praised by China Miéville, The Times, Guardian and many others, this tale relates the scandalous, heart-breaking and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.
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- PublisherTor
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1447265319
- ISBN 13 9781447265313
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages464
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