Gingerbread
Fairy tale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles.
Fairy tale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles.
Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK’s brightest new literary talents.
WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013
WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014
WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014
A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.
For fans of The Essex Serpent and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock.
‘By far my favourite book of of the year’ Guardian
‘Joyously good’ DAILY MAIL
‘A ferociously clever comedy of manners’ GUARDIAN
Set in England in the early 1760s, this is a chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation, sex, and seduction.
The Great Gatsby meets The Secret History in this torrid novel of love, lust and deception.
‘Joyously good’ DAILY MAIL
‘A ferociously clever comedy of manners’ GUARDIAN
A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher
A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher