Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
From the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World - a new riveting action spy thriller, blistering gangster noir, and howling absurdist comedy: a propulsively entertaining tale about a mobster's son and a retired secret agent who are forced to team up to save the world. All Joe Spork wants is a quiet life.
Angelmaker is another cracking book from Nick HarkawayIt's a mix of sci-fi, steampunk, adventure and romance and the mix of genres work really well together ... Harkaway's Angelmaker is a brilliant piece of escapism. It's a wonderful example of how an irreverent approach to much loved genres can lead to a truly great story. * Nudge *
Splendid cornucopia of a novel * The Big Issue (Wales) *
This brilliant, boundless mad genius of a book runs on its own frenetic energy, and bursts with infinite wit, inventive ambition and damn fine storytelling. You finish reading it in gape-mouthed awe and breathless admiration, having experienced something very special indeed. -- Matt Haig, author of The Radleys
You're in for a treat... Dickens meets Mervyn Peake in a modern Mother London. -- William Gibson
Nick Harkaway's joyfully reckless invention is as intricate as clockwork...Edie has a tangled history, the uncovering of which is one of the chief pleasures of Nick Harkaway's novel...is one of the most enjoyable books I've read in ages...Like his debut The Gone-Away World, this is a joyful display of reckless, delightful invention, on a par with the rocket-powered novels of Neal Stephenson, if in rather more ironically diffident English form. Ideas come zinging in from all corners, and do so with linguistic verve and tremendous humour. Even the bad-tempered pug is funny and accurate in every detail...brilliantly entertaining, and the last hundred pages are pure, unhinged delight. What a splendid ride. -- Patrick Ness * Guardian *
Splendid cornucopia of a novel * The Big Issue (Wales) *
This brilliant, boundless mad genius of a book runs on its own frenetic energy, and bursts with infinite wit, inventive ambition and damn fine storytelling. You finish reading it in gape-mouthed awe and breathless admiration, having experienced something very special indeed. -- Matt Haig, author of The Radleys
You're in for a treat... Dickens meets Mervyn Peake in a modern Mother London. -- William Gibson
Nick Harkaway's joyfully reckless invention is as intricate as clockwork...Edie has a tangled history, the uncovering of which is one of the chief pleasures of Nick Harkaway's novel...is one of the most enjoyable books I've read in ages...Like his debut The Gone-Away World, this is a joyful display of reckless, delightful invention, on a par with the rocket-powered novels of Neal Stephenson, if in rather more ironically diffident English form. Ideas come zinging in from all corners, and do so with linguistic verve and tremendous humour. Even the bad-tempered pug is funny and accurate in every detail...brilliantly entertaining, and the last hundred pages are pure, unhinged delight. What a splendid ride. -- Patrick Ness * Guardian *
Nick Harkaway is the author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker, and of an even better and more exciting novel whose name will probably end up being Tigerman, or possibly Man, Island, Boy. Contrary to what you may have heard, the title really is the hard part. When he's not writing, he spends his time being the husband of a brilliant lawyer and the dad of two small children who are secretly bent on world domination. He likes Italian red wine and lives in a bit of London where the taxis still have a horse at the pointy end.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780434020942 |
| ISBN 10 | 043402094X |
| Title | Angelmaker |
| Author | Nick Harkaway |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2012-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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