The Quick. Lauren Owen, Random House. pp. ISBN Summary. A novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds . · In her first novel, Lauren Owen has created a fantastical world that is both beguiling and terrifying. The Quick will establish her as one of fiction’s most dazzling talents. Historical Fiction Fiction Fantasy Horror. pages, Hardcover. First published April /5(K). In her first novel, Lauren Owen has created a fantastical world that is both beguiling and terrifying. The Quick will establish her as one of fiction's most dazzling talents. Named One of the Top 10 Literary Fiction Books of the Season by Publishers Weekly. Membership Advantages.
Book review: The Quick by Lauren Owen GOTHIC novels may make money, but can they ever be anything other than silly? By The Newsroom. Saturday, 29th March , pm. The Quick. Lauren Owen, Random House. pp. ISBN Summary. A novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he is introduced. The Quick. by Lauren Owen. Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. 1 Star - I hated it 2 Stars - I didn't like it 3 Stars - It was OK 4 Stars - I liked it 5 Stars - I loved it. Please make sure to choose a rating.
With The Quick, Lauren Owen has created a brilliant literary debut to rival the work of classic Gothic authors like Radcliffe and Brontë. In the past decade, fortunate fans of the supernatural have marveled at an epidemic of first-rate novels in the field by women writers. Susanna Clarke, Wendy Webb, G. Willow Wilson, Helene Wecker, Mary Rickert —together, these latter-day mistresses of the macabre might well be dubbed a New School of the Gothic, a grand recrudescence of the genre two. In her first novel, Lauren Owen has created a fantastical world that is both beguiling and terrifying. The Quick will establish her as one of fiction’s most dazzling talents. Praise for The Quick “A suspenseful, gloriously atmospheric first novel, and a feast of gothic storytelling that is impossible to resist.”—Kate Atkinson. Advertisement. For The Quick, Owen invented a whole society of fiends who dwell among us simpler, weaker, quick-blooded types (their supper). But, while all of Owen’s monsters are of the.
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