The Pursuit of William Abbey

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'MESMERIC, TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts

'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood. The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.'

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K comes a powerful new novel about a young man haunted by a ghost from his past, and by the dark crimes committed in the name of the British empire.

'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times

'An irresistible haunting thrill' Joe Hill author of Horns and Locke and Key

'Remarkable . . . One of the most moving, horrifying and gut-wrenching novels of the year' NPR

'A suspenseful tale of the truths that lie hidden in the human heart' Kirkus

'North goes from strength to strength' Guardian

'North's most ambitious novel to date' Locus

'A master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination' Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls


Novels by Claire North:

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Touch
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The End of the Day
84K
The Gameshouse
The Pursuit of William Abbey

Critics Review

Mesmeric, terrifying and wonderful. North is practically her own genre at this point.
M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
An irresistible, haunting thrill
Joe Hill, author of HORNS and LOCKE AND KEY
A clever and thought-provoking conceit
GUARDIAN
North's latest once again displays her mastery of lyrical prose . . . The author presents a fascinating testament to humanity's fallibility and tendency towards denial, merged with the potency of truth and the power of love
BOOKLIST
Claire North's most ambitious novel to date
LOCUS
Remarkable . . . one of the most moving, horrifying and gut-wrenching novels of the year
NPR
A suspenseful tale of the truths that lie hidden in the human heart . . . This is a world-spanning cat-and-mouse chase that tackles big questions about the nature of truth and whether we can ever really know one another or ourselves. True love, life, and death, what's worth dying - or killing - for: It's all here in this gripping, bloody, and haunting novel
KIRKUS
In rich, compelling prose, North weaves together the threads of imperial control, ideological conviction, love and the thrill of power . . . A lyrical and sometimes surreal approach to espionage and its thrills
SHELF AWARENESS

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