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A Case of Knives
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WHITBREAD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK AWARD
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'A first novel of formidable accomplishment ... a debut of the highest promise' - Sunday Times
'No new writer can make a more stunning entrance than Candia McWilliam' - Daily Mail
'An incisive debut, intelligent, scrupulously planned and full of echoes ... fascinating' - Spectator
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Lucas Salik is a heart surgeon, renowned for performing bold experiments on other people's hearts. Ostensibly chilly, he harbours a secret obsession for his reckless and charismatic friend Hal. When Hal announces his intention to find a wife, Lucas is forced to carry out his most complex operation yet: to engineer the marriage, setting it on a perilous path to failure.
But just as things appear to be working out, Lucas starts receiving ominous letters that threaten to jeopardize his intentions, his career - and his life.
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'Poised, startling and innovative, A Case of Knives marks the debut of an astonishingly accomplished new writer' - Anita Brookner
Product details
Published | 15 Aug 2011 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 320 |
ISBN | 9781408826959 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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'A first novel of formidable accomplishment ... a debut of the highest promise
Sunday Times
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'Poised, startling and innovative, A Case of Knives marks the debut of an astonishingly accomplished new writer'
Anita Brookner
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'No new writer can make a more stunning entrance than Candia McWilliam
Daily Mail
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'An incisive debut, intelligent, scrupulously planned and full of echoes ... fascinating'
Spectator