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- Book Synopsis
- Order Nonesuch, the new novel from Francis Spufford, now **Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021** **Winner of the RSL Encore Award** From the author of Golden Hill 'My god he can write.' Richard Osman 'Glorious.' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating.' TLS 'Brilliant.' Observer 'Dazzling.' The Times 'Extraordinary.' Financial Times 'Superb.' Guardian November 1944. A German rocket strikes London and five young children are atomised in an instant. Here are the futures they might have known, had they experienced the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century - futures that illuminate the miraculous in the everyday, and the preciousness of life itself.
- About The Author
- Francis Spufford is the author of three novels and five highly-praised works of non-fiction which are most frequently described by reviewers as either 'bizarre' or 'brilliant', and usually as both. His debut work of fiction was the historical novel Golden Hill, which won the Costa First Novel Award, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and was shortlisted for four others. His second novel, Light Perpetual, was awarded the Encore Award and longlisted for the Booker Prize. His third novel, the alternative history Cahokia Jazz, was recognised by the Science Fiction community when it was awarded the Sidewise Award in 2023. He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and lives in Essex.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571336494
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (03 February 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 327
- Weight
- 279 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 20 mm
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