Elijah's Mermaid by Essie Fox

Elijah's Mermaid by Essie Fox

A bewitching historical gothic tale of obsessive love 'recommended to fans of Sarah Waters' [Heat] from the author of CATHERINE: A RETELLING OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Fox's vivid, sensual prose is - fittingly - as seductive as a siren's song, drawing you into a shadowy Victorian world of obsession and guilt.. An intoxicating follow-up to 2011's acclaimed THE SOMNAMBULIST. Recommended to fans of Sarah Waters * HEAT *
Fox's story of obsessive love is memorable and unusual * SUNDAY TIMES *
The author behind the Virtual Victorian blog has followed up her Channel 4 Book Club choice THE SOMNAMBULIST with this Wilkie Collins-style sensation novel... An obvious comparison is with early Sarah Waters...The glee with which Fox approaches her material is infectious. All Victorian life is here ...Intriguing. * GUARDIAN *
A fabulous foray into a shadowy Victorian world * WOMAN AND HOME *
This is a modern Gothic novel with a beguiling story at its heart. Big themes of love, obsession, betrayal, tragedy and madness fill the pages, as a shadowy underworld collides with the art and literature elite. Fox weaves her story with dramatic style and allure, creating a cast of enticing characters and an intriguing plot that I couldn't get enough of * The White Company 'What We're Reading' *
Transports us to the Victorian squalor of London's East End for a tale of illegitimacy, incest and theatricality with so many twists that you'll want to read it in one sitting * COSMOPOLITAN on the SOMNAMBULIST *
Vividly compelling, dark and dazzling * Katherine Webb on THE SOMNAMBULIST *
[THE SOMNAMBULIST] has taken me to new worlds, is riven with suspense, has made my imagination wander, and my fingers itch to turn the last page * JoJo Moyes *
Expose[s] the mouldy underbelly of Victoriana... the effect can be deliciously unsettling. * THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Weaving an intoxicating tale that is both sinister and seductive as it depicts passion, betrayal and obsessive love in every guise, the novel certainly captures the less-palatable aspects of Victorian society with sensuous conviction * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

Essie Fox divides her time between Windsor and Bow in the East End of London. Her debut novel, The Somnambulist, was selected for the Channel 4 Book Club and was shortlisted in the New Writer of the Year category of the 2012 National Book Awards. She is the author of The Virtual Victorian: www.virtualvictorian.blogspot.com

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ISBN 13	9781409121206
ISBN 10	1409121208
Title	Elijah's Mermaid
Author	Essie Fox
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2013-05-09
Number of pages	416
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.