The Pursuit of William Abbey
Claire North
Nov 2019 · Little, Brown Book Group · Narrated by Peter Kenny
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'MESMERIC, TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts
'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood. The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.'
From the bestselling and award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K comes a powerful new novel about a young man haunted by a ghost from his past, and by the dark crimes committed in the name of the British empire.
'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times
'An irresistible haunting thrill' Joe Hill author of Horns and Locke and Key
'Remarkable . . . One of the most moving, horrifying and gut-wrenching novels of the year' NPR
'A suspenseful tale of the truths that lie hidden in the human heart' Kirkus
'North goes from strength to strength' Guardian
'North's most ambitious novel to date' Locus
'A master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination' Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls
Novels by Claire North:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Touch
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The End of the Day
84K
The Gameshouse
The Pursuit of William Abbey
'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood. The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.'
From the bestselling and award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K comes a powerful new novel about a young man haunted by a ghost from his past, and by the dark crimes committed in the name of the British empire.
'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times
'An irresistible haunting thrill' Joe Hill author of Horns and Locke and Key
'Remarkable . . . One of the most moving, horrifying and gut-wrenching novels of the year' NPR
'A suspenseful tale of the truths that lie hidden in the human heart' Kirkus
'North goes from strength to strength' Guardian
'North's most ambitious novel to date' Locus
'A master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination' Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls
Novels by Claire North:
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Touch
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The End of the Day
84K
The Gameshouse
The Pursuit of William Abbey
About the author
Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller. She has since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. She lives in London.
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