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Touch
- Author
- Claire North
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 24 February 2015
- Run Time
- 12 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
Kepler is like you, but not like you.
With a simple touch, Kepler can move into any body, live any life - for a moment, a day or for years.
And your life could be next.
SOME PEOPLE TOUCH LIVES. OTHERS TAKE THEM. I DO BOTH.
'Just extraordinary' Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go
'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times
'Dazzlingly imaginative' Sunday Mirror
'Breathless and brilliantly original' Love Reading
'Destined to be one of the biggest thrillers of 2015' Rick O'Shea, radio presenter
Discover the mesmerising new novel from one of the most original new voices in modern fiction.
Critics Review
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One of the cleverest, most compelling books I've read in a long time. The intoxicating voice, ingenious premise and intricate plot will have readers clamouring for a copy. Touch has bestseller written all over it and Claire North is one hell of a writer
C. L. Taylor, author of THE ACCIDENT
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A work of sparkling originality that works both as mesmerising thriller and exploration of what it means, at the most profound level, to be human
Alex Marwood, author of THE WICKED GIRLS
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I was totally and utterly gripped, it's just extraordinary. Absolutely mesmerising
Claire Mackintosh, author, feature writer and columnist
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As intriguing and breathless as it is brilliantly original, constantly defying expectations and a step (or two) ahead of the reader. Featuring a troubled hero who can move from body to body just by grazing someone's fingertip and who becomes the subject of a sinister assassination attempt . . . Agile, unpredictable, this one will keep you awake at night in the search for answers
LOVE READING
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The quality of the writing and the dazzlingly imaginative heart of this exciting book will seduce even scifi sceptics, and keep readers absolutely hooked to the dramatic conclusion
SUNDAY MIRROR
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Touch is fast, smart, cinematic and with a cracking central idea. This is absolutely destined to be one of the biggest thrillers of 2015 . . . A very, very impressive second outing
Rick O'Shea, radio presenter
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A dark thriller that asks readers to imagine whom they would be if they could be anyone. Literally . . . This fast-paced tale starts with a bang and continues with a bunch more of them . . . The high stakes and breakneck pace of the plot will draw readers in, and the meditations on what it means to be human and to be loved will linger long after the last shot is fired
KIRKUS
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An intensely gripping cat and mouse game . . . Seriously I cannot get over how amazingly good Claire North is. I could have read this book forever. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August was so smart,Touch is beyond genius. This will be one of THE books of 2015. Mark my words
BITE THE BOOK
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Powerful, disquieting, and provocative
PORNOKITSCH
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The writing is stunning; the action . . . exhilarating; the depth and emotion - always - thought-provoking and touching
THE LITERARY TREE
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Triumphant . . . This novel is utterly engaging, addictive, and thought-provoking . . . simply superb
CIVILIAN READER
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Offers readers a fast-paced, action-packed, nerve-wracking plot centered around an intense game of "cat and mouse" . . . The writing is gorgeous. As I read, my fingers were itching to underline quotes on virtually every page. The characters are richly drawn and compelling. The plot is utterly riveting. The book is pretty much perfect, is what I'm saying.
BOOKTOPIA
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A brilliantly balanced knife's edge of a book - fast-paced and thrilling, it's somehow also languorous, thoughtful, intelligently intimate . . . I am left staggered into an awed slow-clap at everything North has accomplished here. Touch is touching, horrifying, magnificent; step into it, and it will step into you.
NPR
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Details
- Author
- Claire North
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Duration
- 12 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 February 2015
- ISBN
- 9781405533058
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Science fiction
Synopsis
The electrifying new thriller from the author of the acclaimed The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.Kepler is like you, but not like you. With a simple touch, Kepler can move into any body, live any life - for a moment, a day or for years. And your life could be next.SOME PEOPLE TOUCH LIVES. OTHERS TAKE THEM. I DO BOTH.'Just extraordinary' Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go'North's talent shines out' Sunday Times'Dazzlingly imaginative' Sunday Mirror'Breathless and brilliantly original' Love Reading'Destined to be one of the biggest thrillers of 2015' Rick O'Shea, radio presenterDiscover the mesmerising new novel from one of the most original new voices in modern fiction.
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