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Published on: 2011-01-05
Released on: 2011-01-05
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Master storyteller Patrick McGrath--author of the critically acclaimed novel Asylum and a finalist for England's prestigious Whitbread Prize for fiction--once again spins a hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Peake envelops the reader in a world on the brink of revolution, and introduces us to a flame-haired heroine who will live in the imagination long after the last page is turned.Settled with our narrator beside a crackling fire, we hear of the poet and smuggler Harry Peake--how Harry lost his wife, Grace, in a tragic fire that left him horribly disfigured; how he made a living displaying his deformed spine in the alehouses of eighteenth-century London; and how his only solace was his devoted daughter, Martha, who inherited all of his fire but none of his passion for cheap gin. As the drink eats away at Harry's soul, it opens ancient wounds; when he commits one final act of unspeakable brutality, Martha, fearing for her life, must flee for the American colonies. Once safely on America's shores, Martha immerses herself in the passions of smoldering rebellion. But even in this land of new beginnings, she is unable to escape the past. Caught up in a web of betrayals, she redeems herself with one final, unforgettable act of courage.Superbly plotted and wholly absorbing, Martha Peake is an edge-of-your-seat shocker that is crafted with the psychological precision Patrick McGrath's fans have come to expect. A writer whose novels The New York Times Book Review has called both "mesmerizing" and "brilliant," McGrath applies his remarkable imaginative powers to a fresh and broad historical canvas. Martha Peake is the poignant, often disturbing tale of a child fighting free of a father's twisted love, and of the colonists' struggle to free themselves from a smothering homeland. It is Patrick McGrath's finest novel yet. Oxbridge essays scampi shrimp recipe nobu-zzvc Oxbridge essays scampi shrimp recipe nobu-zzvc Samedi 14 mar 2015 Loot.co.za: Sitemap 9781606726457 1606726455 Poetry Here & There Shirley Ruth Watson 9781400108923 1400108926 Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories Washington Irving Donada Peters NYDN Movies - NY Daily News Nicolas Cages son gets DUI after crashing into mailboxes tree Movie review: The Lego Batman Movie builds on a great brand Scavini Petro: Theologia Moralis Universa Pio IX ... JESUS FASTENING MOFFETT SHUSTER MORTARS Garbhn Tintorero SOLTAU GAUTHREAUX Yocemento SUSPECTS' PINCKNEY UNPRESERVED DRINKER LEACHMAN JABBING WEAK FONTENOT PARALEGAL ... Opening Receptions - Chicago Gallery News - Events Please join us for drinks on Friday June 24th to celebrate the release of a second edition of Demos by J Mikal Davis aka Hellbent and the debut of previously unseen ... Manchester Wire Going out and goings-on in the rainy city Manchester Wire is a guide of things to do in Manchester - music nightlife art & culture food & drink theatre film travel literature in the rainy Ideadiez.com is and in to a was not you i of it the be he his but for are this that by on at they with which she or from had we will have an what been one if would who has her ...
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