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The Absolute Book: ´An INSTANT CLASSIC, to rank [with] masterpieces of fantasy such as HIS DARK MATERIALS or JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL’ GUARDIAN
Elizabeth Knox
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Description for The Absolute Book: ´An INSTANT CLASSIC, to rank [with] masterpieces of fantasy such as HIS DARK MATERIALS or JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL’ GUARDIAN
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A spellbinding mix of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, American Gods and Carter Beats the Devil, this extraordinary contemporary fantasy is available for pre-order now . . .
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Taryn Cornick believes her sister Bea was deliberately run down and killed. She believes it so hard she allows a man called the Muleskinner to exact the justice Bea was denied. An eye for an eye.
Which is when Taryn's problems really begin.
Because the police suspect Taryn's involvement in the death.
Worse, others have their eyes on Taryn - those in a faraway ... Read moreplace who know what Taryn's family have been carefully hiding in their vast library. The Absolute Book.
They want it - and they want Taryn to help find it.
For the lives of those in more than one world depend upon it . . .
PRAISE FOR THE ABSOLUTE BOOK:
'An angelic book, an apocalyptic book, an astounding book' FRANCIS SPUFFORD
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Elizabeth Knox
Elizabeth Knox is the author of thirteen novels, three novellas, and a collection of essays. The Vintner's Luck won the Deutz Medal for Fiction and was longlisted for The Women's Prize. Elizabeth is an Arts Foundation Laureate, was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002 and was recently appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order ... Read moreof Merit for services to literature in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours. She lives in Wellington with her husband and son. The Absolute Book is already a bestseller in her native New Zealand. Show Less
Reviews for The Absolute Book: ´An INSTANT CLASSIC, to rank [with] masterpieces of fantasy such as HIS DARK MATERIALS or JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL’ GUARDIAN
An INSTANT CLASSIC, a work to rank alongside other modern masterpieces of fantasy such as Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series or Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Everything fantasy should be: original, magical, well read, compelling
Guardian
Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, THE ABSOLUTE BOOK has something for everyone: the search for a mysterious book, talking ... Read moreravens, police detectives and academics, gods and demons, a giant saltwater crocodile, the bucolic English countryside and magical gates to hidden worlds. Here is a cinematic tale that is by turns dark and dreamlike, yet ultimately hopeful
Deborah Harkness
author of A Discovery of Witches
An angelic book, an apocalyptic book, an astounding book
Francis Spufford Gripping and hugely ambitious, the broad narrative flood sweeps us on to an extraordinary conclusion
Daily Mail
Gorgeous. The payoffs and reveals are mind-blowing
Laini Taylor
author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone
A marvellous argument for stories. There are Norse gods, references to Merlin, a tour through purgatory and a strange parallel world where magic is real and humans are bit players in the clash of supernatural realms. Bewitching
The Times
A magical book; doors between worlds; talking birds, vicious fairies and a trip to Purgatory. Stuffed with literary allusion and mythic echoes from the Norse legends to Alan Garner, straddling dimensions and hopping genres with ease, this is a one-of-a-kind fantasy novel that's worth getting lost in
Guardian, 50 Hottest Books
Epic, imaginative and exquisitely written, this is a feat of fantastical world-building
Daily Express
Reminded me of how I felt reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell or His Dark Materials - this is a masterpiece
Dan Kois
Slate
A triumph. Book where the best hearts meet the best minds meet the best imaginations are few and far between
Pip Adam An enchanting weaving together of mythologies and a meeting of worlds, all bound up with the power of stories and the fate of the ultimate book. Far-reaching and profound, this is a novel to lose yourself in
Alison Littlewood
bestselling author of A Cold Season and The Hidden People
Every page is a declaration of love for story, for literature, for libraries
Maria McMillan Savour and absorb the world Knox conjures
Sunday Times
An ambitious, gripping, and multifaceted [novel], animated by a sharp imagination
SFX
A murder, a mysterious library and something called the Absolute Book feature in this fantastical new outing
The Times
A book about books, a psychological crime novel, a romance, a portal fantasy, a technothriller, a historical fantasy, and an allegory - this melding of modes and mixing of genres, this surfeit of stories, is The Absolute Book's greatest strength. Accomplished, exuberant, generous, original . . . readers will have few regrets
Matthew Keeley
Tor.com
A tour de force. Ursula Le Guin would have loved this book
Jane Stafford The power is in the skill and pace of Knox's storytelling, the perfect spinning of the intricate plot, the sharp dialogue and luminous evocation of place
Charlotte Grimshaw A bibliophile's daydream
Scotland on Sunday
A propulsive parallel-worlds fantasy epic about the power of stories and storytelling
Guardian, 'What to look forward to this year'
Contains multitudes, spanning the geographies of Canada, Britain and New Zealand; the cosmologies of fairies, demons and angels; and the genres of thriller, domestic realism and epic fantasy. Reading the book is like holding folds of shot silk to the light, finding green flash in something that looks purple, and appreciating how thoughtfully the warp and weft embrace each other. I'm in awe of it
New York Times Review of Books
A mind-blowing optical illusion of a novel. This grand ode to Story itself is one that begs for a reread
Booklist
Full of intrigue, mystery, magic, and history, this is a fascinating read that is hard to put down
Buzzfeed
If you love a little supernatural magic and mystery, you will love this clever blend of myth, religion, folklore and reality, as the story draws the reader into the realm of faerie and demon, immersing us in a fantasy world where bliss can be found
Living Edge
One of those books which will never let you go. A beautiful, fantastic, ride that travels from one end of the earth to the other and beyond, Knox takes you on a journey that will amaze and astound you . . . The Absolute Book takes readers on a journey they won't soon forget. Fantastic and wondrous, it is a delight and will leave readers wistful for a world as magical as the one she's created
Blogcritics
Epic and exquisitely written, this is a feat of fantastical world-building
Sunday Express
The dream for any book lover - a story about the importance of stories and all the ways we pass them on
Foyles
Where better to get lost than a mighty, make-believe kingdom reminiscent of Swift
i
Enchanting . . . Knox hits the mark
Herald
An angelic book, an apocalyptic book, an astounding book
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