by ElizabethKnox (Author)
Hollywood, 1929. While Conrad Cole is working late on elaborate plans for his aeroplanes and his films, a mysterious stranger appears at his door. Xas soon finds himself caught up in the glamorous and treacherous world of movie-making and entangled with both Cole and a young woman who owes her life to the eccentric director. Both of them are drawn to Xas without knowing his secret - that under his shirt he hides the remnants of great snowy wings that set him apart from humankind, and that he is destined to wander the earth forever, always hearing the beating of feathers behind him, threatening him that his dark brother has found him again.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 0864736002
ISBN 13: 9780099540045
Book Overview: Sequel to Orange Prize-longlisted The Vintner's Luck, this a beautifully written and unusual novel - a combination of fantasy, thriller and love story, set in 1920s Hollywood.