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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE&,nbsp,A page-turner with the authority of history PHILIPPA GREGORY&,nbsp,As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read SARAH WATERS&,nbsp,A wonderful book about the world of mediums HILARY MANTEL, Open Book, BBC Radio 4 London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home.Nandor Fodor a Jewish-Hungarian refugee and chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical research begins to investigate. In doing so he discovers a different and darker type of haunting: trauma, alienation, loss and the foreshadowing of a nation s worst fears. As the spectre of Fascism lengthens over Europe, and as Fodor s obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed.With rigour, daring and insight, the award-winning pioneer of historical narrative non-fiction Kate Summerscale shadows Fodor s enquiry, delving into long-hidden archives to find the human story behind a very modern haunting. An empathetic, meticulous account of a spiritual unravelling, a tribute to the astonishing power of the human mind - but also a properly absorbing, baffling, satisfying detective story AIDA EDEMARIAM&,nbsp,A PICK OF THE AUTUMN IN THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND THE GUARDIAN
| EAN : | 9781408895443 |
| Katalógové číslo: | 1304475 |
| Rok vydania: | 2020 |
| Jazyk: | EN |
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