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Atkinson, Kate

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The magnificent new novel by the bestselling and award-winning Kate Atkinson, a major publishing event. In 1940, eighteen-year-old Juliet Armstrong was reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A work of rare depth and texture, a bravura novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. 'An unapologetic novel of ideas which is also wise, funny and paced like a thriller' Observer The magnificent new novel by bestselling award-winning Kate Atkinson In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country’s most exceptional writers.
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Atkinson, Kate
Titel
Transcription
Uitgever
Black Swan
Jaar
2019
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
480
Gewicht
226 gr
EAN
9781784164393
Afmetingen
178 x 110 x 26 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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