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The Seance

The Seance

by JohnHarwood (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

London, 1881. Constance Langton lives in a gloomy home with a distant father and a grief-stricken mother; seeking refuge and comfort, she secretly attends a seance which has tragic consequences. Left aone, her only legacy is a mysterious inheritance that will blight her life and take her deep into a world of apparitions, betrayal and blackmail, black-hearted villains - and murder.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 009951642X
ISBN 13: 9780099516422
Book Overview: The breakthrough novel from one of Australia's finest writers - a gripping story of ghosts, betrayal and murder in Victorian England.
 Prizes: Winner of Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Best Horror Novel 2008.

Media Reviews
The narrative, gracefully conceived, beautifully achieved, races along * Daily Telegraph *
Atmospheric... Harwood's writing adds a layer of ironic distance to fog effects, black-hearted villains and other old chestnuts * The Times *
Brilliantly atmospheric dark mystery... Try this if you like being scared out of your wits * Daily Mail *
Everything you could possibly ask for from a novel in this genre * Financial Times *
Harwood again proves himself a gifted storyteller... Seamlessly plotted, it is utterly compelling and full of suspense * Mail on Sunday *
Author Bio
John Harwood was born in Hobart, Tasmania. Educated in Tasmania and Cambridge, he went on to become Head of the School of English and Drama at Flinders University, Adelaide. He is the author of two books of criticism, Olivia Shakespear and W. B. Yeats and Eliot to Derrida: The Poverty of Interpretation and the novels The Ghost Writer and The Asylum.