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BO-11077-1


TitleTHE CHIMNEY SWEEPERS BOY
AuthorBARBARA VINE
PublisherPENGUIN BOOKS
SubjectFICTION
Age GroupAdult
Series
LanguageEnglish
AvailableYES



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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy

By Barbara Vine

'One of the most frightening novels I have ever read ... Gerald Candless, the monster at the heart of the maze, is a marvellous creation'?? Amanda Craig, Express on SundayWhen successful author Gerald Candless dies of a sudden heart attack, his eldest, adoring daughter Sarah embarks on a memoir of him and soon discovers that her perfect father was not all he appeared to be. That in fact he wasn't Gerald Candless at all. But then, who was he? And what terrible secret had driven him to live a lie for all those years?'So ingeniously constructed, its truth and faehoods are so deftly and convincingly interwoven, that its solution ... is as jolting as a flash of lightning'?? Sunday Times'About the power of taboos, transgressions, guilts, deceptions, horrors, atonements, upsets and upheavals ... gripping'?? Independent
PublisherePenguin
ISBN9780141040165
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