' [A] stunning debut' Woman & Home Winner of Amazon's 'Rising Stars' competition Shortlisted for The Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2010 Shortlisted for The Waterstones Book Circle Award Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize Japanese occupied Hong Kong, 1942. Raped then murdered, Lin Shui's 'Hungry Ghost' clings tenaciously to life. Holing up in ...
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' [A] stunning debut' Woman & Home Winner of Amazon's 'Rising Stars' competition Shortlisted for The Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2010 Shortlisted for The Waterstones Book Circle Award Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize Japanese occupied Hong Kong, 1942. Raped then murdered, Lin Shui's 'Hungry Ghost' clings tenaciously to life. Holing up in a hospital morgue, destined to become a school, just in time she finds a host off whom to feed. It is 12-year-old Alice Safford, the deeply-troubled daughter of a leading figure in government. The parasitic ghost follows her to her home on the Peak. There, the lethal mix of the two, embroiled in the family's web of dark secrets and desperate lies, unleashes chaos. All this unfolds against a background of colonial unrest, riots, extremes of weather and the countdown to the return of the colony to China. As successive tragedies engulf Alice, her ghostly entourage swells alarmingly. She flees to England, then France, in a bid to escape the past, only to find her portable 'Hungry Ghosts' have accompanied her. It seems the peace she longs for is to prove far more elusive that she could ever have imagined. The Hungy Ghosts is a remarkable tour-de-force of the imagination, full of instantly memorable characters whose lives intermesh and boil over in a cauldron of domestic mayhem, unleashing unworldly spirits into the troubled air. --------------- 'As heart-rending as it is innovative, The Hungry Ghosts heralds Berry as an original new voice in fiction' Time Out 'This is a novel as breezy as the best summer reads, yet secrets and deadly jealousy seethe at its core...engrossing' Daily Mail 'A stunning debut...Epic in scope and voice...so skilfully crafted, and the writing so elegant, it's hard to believe it is a first novel' Globe and Mail '[A] brilliant, brittle portrayal of colonial Hong Kong' Psychologies 'The vivid, sensory depictions of Hong Kong circa 1970 ignite this almost unrelentingly sad story, and Berry's easy way of switching between different narrative voices from chapter to chapter is impressive' List
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -A novel for those who loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum The Poisonwood Bible and The Lovely Bones. Raped then murdered in Japanese occupied Hong Kong 1942 Lin Shui`s `Hungry Ghost` clings tenaciously to life. Holing up in a hospital morgue destined to become a school just in time she finds a host off whom to feed. It is 12-year-old Alice Safford the deeply-troubled daughter of a leading figure in government. The parasitic ghost follows her to her home on the Peak. There the lethal mix of the two embroiled in the family`s web of dark secrets and desperate lies unleashes chaos. All this unfolds against a background of colonial unrest riots extremes of weather and the countdown to the return of the colony to China. As successive tragedies engulf Alice her ghostly entourage swells alarmingly. She flees to England then France in a bid to escape the past only to find her portable `Hungry Ghosts` have accompanied her. It seems the peace she longs for is to prove far more elusive that she could ever have Hungy Ghosts is a remarkable tour-de-force of the imagination full of instantly memorable characters whose lives intermesh and boil over in a cauldron of domestic mayhem unleashing unworldly spirits into the troubled air. -> the publisher of this HARDBACK book is Blue Door The date of this copy is 2009 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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Like New. A novel for those who loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, The Poisonwood Bible and The Lovely Bones. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy in very good condition. 2010. Reprint. Paperback.....
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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