Things in Jars
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Things in Jars
The gripping Victorian detective novel from the Costa Award-winner and twice BBC Radio 2 Book Club author.
London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle, and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.
Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.
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Things in Jars by Jess Kidd has been praised for its beautiful and heart-filled writing, with reviewers highlighting its thrilling, mysterious, and imaginative nature. The novel is lauded for its richly imagined Victorian setting and features mesmerizing storytelling that blends dark magic, humour, and engaging characters. Readers appreciate Kidd's atmospheric prose and vivid depictions, likening her to a genre unto herself, and the book is described as both an extraordinary tale and a masterclass in storytelling.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781786893772
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 January 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 277g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from County Mayo. Her first novel, Himself, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2016 and she was the winner of the Costa Short Story Award in the same year. In 2017, Himself was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. Her second novel, The Hoarder, was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award in association with Listowel Writers' Week'. Both books were BBC Radio 2 Book Club picks.
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