The Absolute Book

The Absolute Book

by Elizabeth Knox
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/03/2021

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DISCOVER THE ENCHANTING EPIC THAT WILL TRANSPORT YOU TO OTHER WORLDS . . .


'AN INSTANT CLASSIC' GUARDIAN

'BEWITCHING' THE TIMES

'MIND-BLOWING' LAINI TAYLOR

'ASTOUNDING' FRANCIS SPUFFORD

'GORGEOUSLY WRITTEN' DEBORAH HARKNESS

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Taryn Cornick barely remembers the family library. Since her sister was murdered, she's forgotten so much.


Now it's all coming back. The fire. The thief. The scroll box. People are asking questions about the library. Questions that might relate to her sister's murder.


And something called The Absolute Book.


A book in which secrets are written - and which everyone believes only she can find. They insist Taryn be the hunter. But she knows the truth.


She is the hunted . . .

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The Absolute Book is a tale of sisters, ancient blood, a forgotten library, murder, revenge and a book that might just have the answer to everything.


'An instant classic . . . A work to rank alongside other modern masterpieces of fantasy such as Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series or Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Everything fantasy should be: original, magical, well read, compelling' GUARDIAN


'Astonishing. Gripping. Hugely ambitious. An extraordinary conclusion. Admire the sheer scope and grandeur' DAILY MAIL


'A marvellous argument for stories. There are Norse gods, references to Merlin, a tour through purgatory and a strange parallel world where magic is real and humans are bit players in the clash of supernatural realms. Bewitching' THE TIMES


'Contains multitudes, spanning the geographies of Canada, Britain and New Zealand; the cosmologies of fairies, demons and angels; and the genres of thriller, domestic realism and epic fantasy . . . I'm in awe of it' NEW YORK TIMES Review of Books


'Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, THE ABSOLUTE BOOK has something for everyone . . . Here is a cinematic tale that is by turns dark and dreamlike, yet ultimately hopeful' DEBORAH HARKNESS, author of A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES


'Fantastical' THE TIMES


'Savour and absorb the world Knox conjures' SUNDAY TIMES


'Gorgeous. The payoffs and reveals are mind-blowing' LAINI TAYLOR, author of DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE


'An angelic book, an apocalyptic book, an astounding book' FRANCIS SPUFFORD

ISBN:
9781405947251
9781405947251
Category:
Fantasy
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-03-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Elizabeth Knox

Elizabeth Knox is the author of five books, but The Vintner's Luck was the first to be published outside her native New Zealand. It met great critical and popular success, was longlisted for the Orange Prize and turned into a film in 2009. She is married and lives with her family in Wellington

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