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The Haunting of Alma Fielding
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020
The Haunting of Alma Fielding
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020
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FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER
'A wonderful book' HILARY MANTEL
'Gothic, dark and scandalous' SUNDAY TIMES
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
It is 1938. As the shadow of fascism darkens over Europe, strange things are happening in Alma Fielding's suburban home in Croydon. Crockery flies off the shelves; stolen rings appear on Alma's fingers; and white mice scuttle out of her handbag.
Nandor Fodor – chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research – arrives on the scene, determined to crack the case. As Fodor's obsession deepens, and Alma becomes ever more disturbed, the pair find themselves in a treacherous battle of wills . . .
'Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or metaphorical, for days if you read this' THE TIMES
'Nobody is better at unpicking stories of ghosts and murder than Kate Summerscale … Will stay with you for weeks' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS
'A detective novel, a ghost yarn and a historical record rolled into one . . . Electrifying' i-PAPER
'It would be impossible to read this dry-eyed' SPECTATOR
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Product details
Published | 16 Sep 2021 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 368 |
ISBN | 9781408895474 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Hidden realities of a different kind lie beneath the story of Kate Summerscale's The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, which delves into the 1930s case of the “Croydon Poltergeist”, investigated by Nandor Fodor, chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical Research
Guardian, Autumn highlights
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Gothic, dark and scandalous ... A gripping account
Sunday Times
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A chilling real life ghost story ... This book scared me witless
Red
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Expertly told, with all the twists and turns of a chilly novel by Wilkie Collins or Barbara Vine ... The more Summerscale delves, the more she finds out about the hidden compartments of the human mind
Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
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A terrific true ghost story ... her best book since The Suspicions of Mr Whicher ... She has achieved the perfect balance between her central story and its cultural context.
Guardian
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With The Haunting of Alma Fielding, Kate Summerscale does for ghosts what she did for a murder in her very successfulThe Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Times Literary Supplement