The Great and Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms
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The Great and Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms by Ian Thornton
Johan Thoms (pronounced Yo-han Tomes) was born in Argona, a small town twenty-three miles south of Sarajevo, during the hellish depths of winter 1894. Little did he know that his inability to reverse a car would change the course of 20th Century History forever‘Echoes of Gabriel García MárquezRead it slowly and savor it’ – KIRKUS (Starred Review)
‘What Thornton manages to do is take one tiny player in a monumental event and focus in on Johan Thoms with the careful research of an historian and the deft touch and aplomb of a true literary artist’
– THE HUFFINGTON POST
‘A dazzling and utterly engrossing epic with an enormous beating heart’
– ANGELA JACKSON, author of ‘The Emergence of Judy Taylor’
‘A wonderful brilliant book’
– LEWIS DeSOTO, author of ‘A Blade of Grass’
‘Poignant as hell, addictive like opium, a wonderful, weird, oddball circus-like tale. It is a masterpiece’ – THE WALRUS
Ian Thornton lives in Toronto with his wife and two children. This is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007551491 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007551495 |
| Title | The Great and Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms |
| Author | Ian Thornton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2014-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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