Mister Memory
Seiten
2017
Mulholland Books (Verlag)
978-1-4447-5201-4 (ISBN)
Mulholland Books (Verlag)
978-1-4447-5201-4 (ISBN)
In Paris, at the end of the nineteenth century, a man with a perfect memory murders his wife. But that is only the start of the story... A dazzling literary mystery from prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick.
A dazzling literary mystery from prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick, for fans of Scarlett Thomas, Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Patrick Suskind.
In Paris, in the year 1899, Marcel Després is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to Salpêtrière asylum. And so the story might have stopped.
But this is no ordinary patient: Marcel Després, Mister Memory, is a man who cannot forget. And it is no ordinary case: the hurried cover-up hints at dark secrets in the shadows.
A policeman and a doctor decide to unravel the mystery...but the answers lie inside Marcel's head.
And how can he tell what is significant when he remembers every detail of every moment of his entire life?
A dazzling literary mystery from prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick, for fans of Scarlett Thomas, Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Patrick Suskind.
In Paris, in the year 1899, Marcel Després is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to Salpêtrière asylum. And so the story might have stopped.
But this is no ordinary patient: Marcel Després, Mister Memory, is a man who cannot forget. And it is no ordinary case: the hurried cover-up hints at dark secrets in the shadows.
A policeman and a doctor decide to unravel the mystery...but the answers lie inside Marcel's head.
And how can he tell what is significant when he remembers every detail of every moment of his entire life?
Marcus Sedgwick is a widely admired, prizewinning author of YA fiction. His books have been shortlisted for over thirty awards, including the Carnegie Medal (five times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (four times). He won the Branford Boase award for his debut novel, Floodland, and the Booktrust Teenage Prize for My Swordhand is Singing. His first novel for adults, A LOVE LIKE BLOOD, was published in 2014.
Erscheinungsdatum | 19.01.2017 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 242 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane | |
Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror | |
Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller | |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4447-5201-4 / 1444752014 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4447-5201-4 / 9781444752014 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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