The Ninth Life Of Louis Drax - Hardcover

Jensen, Liz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582345171 ISBN 13: 9781582345178

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2005

Synopsis

Louis Draw has always been accident prone, with something violent befalling him every year, but when he falls of a cliff and into a coma on his ninth birthday, it may not have been an accident, and the only one with the key to the truth may be Louis himself. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

This is a wonderfully unsettling psychological thriller ... An oddly beautiful journey into the darkest corners of the human soul (Mail on Sunday)

A gripping psychological thriller with a gothic flavour ... Unputdownable (Daily Telegraph)

A magnetic read that will delight and disturb (Daily Mail)

A remarkable suspense novel: tart, mysterious and wrenching (Anthony Minghella, Academy Award-winning director)

Emotionally compelling, morally fascinating . breathtaking (Independent on Sunday)

A dramatic, suspenseful bestseller ... Demands to be finished in one sitting (Observer)

Shocking, moving and beautifully written, The Ninth Life Of Louis Drax is an extraordinary novel about family mystery and medical marvels (Image)

Contains many heart-stopping moments where the tension is cranked up almost to breaking point (Sunday Telegraph)

Black, teasing but very humane (Guardian)

A masterclass in mystery and manipulation (Independent)

From the Publisher:

A spellbinding tale about what the human heart can inflict and the mind endure , this is selected for BBC Page Turners hosted by Jeremy Vine, April 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1582345171
• ISBN 13: 9781582345178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 227