Molly & the Captain

Author Anthony Quinn
Narrator Helen Stern
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Run Time 14 hours and 35 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.

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What to expect

'A fascinating novel - very moving and beautifully nuanced and observed... it beguiles with a tremendous slow-burning power' William Boyd on The Rescue Man

'[Quinn has] an eye for a plot, a profound gift for character and a faultless sense of period and place' David Hare on Our Friends in Berlin

'Written with a rare elegance, sinuous wit and even optimism' Financial Times on London, Burning

'Brings to the fore all of Quinn's talents - gripping storylines, plot twists, thorough research and elegant prose' The Times on Our Friends in Berlin

Critics Review

[A] beguiling new novel about the mysteries of creativity from master storyteller Anthony Quinn… Every sentence he produces is a joy

Metro

A gripping mystery… Sweeping across centuries in its three interlinked sections, it summons the past effortlessly, as a vehicle for a plot that is both intricate and immaculately constructed… Quinn’s most ambitious book to date and decidedly his best

Observer

Quinn is an accomplished writer at ease with the idioms of the past… He is also a subtle creator of character… opens up timeless themes of family, success and love

New Statesman

Quinn is an intelligent analyst of the uncertainties of love and art

Sunday Times

These women’s lives are gently and perceptively explored

The Times

Gripping historical fiction

Good Housekeeping

[A] stylish literary triptych… Quinn is a fine writer with an instinctive understanding of the pitfalls of the bohemian life

Mail on Sunday

A deft, century-hopping novel… delight[s] in the granular details of an era, as well as a thorough knowledge of its broad sweep

Guardian

There is a delicious mystery at the heart of this novel

Daily Mail

One of my favourite writers… a breathtakingly ambitious novel that nails the small personal triumphs and tragedies of each woman’s life

Red

So versatile – Quinn seems to reinvent himself with every book

Jonathan Coe

A witty and affecting saga… It delights in exploring tiny, unexpected quirks of character and broad brushstrokes of greater emotion alike, and never fails to entertain

Spectator

Quinn displays an impressive range of expression: the mannered, epistolary style of the early chapters gives way to touches of Victorian gothic, and then to crisp contemporary prose

Financial Times

Truly magnificent… each part is separate and distinct, involving and compassionate, yet all are mysteriously connected… Period details sparkle in this elegant prose… This is Quinn’s masterpiece

The Tablet

Quinn’s books are unbeatable treats… His latest, a hall of mirrors across three centuries revolving around a single painting, is both about art and irresistibly artful

Dominic Dromgoole

Poignant, involving, beautiful and thoroughly entertaining… Quinn’s best and most ambitious novel yet dances through three centuries, entwines the worlds of theatre and art in a thoroughly seductive embrace, and brings all his considerable gifts into play… This is a novel packed with pleasures

Perspective Magazine

Pleasurable… The novel is a triptych, each part standing alone and quickly establishing its particular note and colour by means of language, carefully chosen detail and a sprinkling of familiar names

Times Literary Supplement

Quinn has an artist’s eye and can mine drama from even the plainest parlour or afternoon in the park

Strong Words Magazine

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