CHRISTOPHER
FOWLER
Novels
| Roofworld |
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High above London on the rooftops of
the city lives a secret society of misfits governed by a bizarre code of
honour. It is known to only a few people on the streets below, until a
murderous battle for leadership breaks out. Robert and Rose, two
innocent outsiders, are drawn into a twilight
world. |
| Rune |
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London is in the grip of an epidemic -
across the city, people are dying in freak accidents, each body yielding
strips of paper carrying indecipherable heiroglyphics. Aiming to clear
his own name after being linked with the victims, Harry uncovers the
most hostile takeover bid of all time. |
Red Bride
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| Darkest
Day |
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The eccentric detectives May and Bryant
have a nasty case of contagious death by murder on their hands, and it's
coming up to Christmas. If the victims weren't from the well connected
upper echelons, their trials might be easier. As it is, they are
obstructed in all kinds of ways as they proceed though a labyrinth of
family allegiances and ancient business practices that lead them to an
improbable idea that no-one wants to believe. Jerry, an upper middle class
girl with family problems of her own joins their highly idiosyncratic
investigation, following her own trail through London, meeting with her
deepest fears on the way.
This is a real chiller, with its roots in
the Victorian era of arrogance, ingenuity and xenophobia. |
With the murders getting
more ritualistic as time goes on, the well matched Bryant and May are
under pressure to find the killer, but the truth is by no means simple,
and they are forced to consult a local white witch (look out for this
affectionate portrayal) in order to probe beneath the layers of myth and
Guild history. Highly recommended.
©Helen Knibb 1999 |
| Spanky |
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23-year-old Martyn has a dead-end
job, a miserable family, few friends and no love life. Then he meets a
Spancialosaphus Lacrimosae, his own personal demon. Spanky's friendship
brings confidence, the good life, a better job, a girlfriend. But Spanky
is a demon, and Martyn has a price to pay.
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| Psychoville |
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A tale of
revenge. |
| Disturbia |
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An assignment brings Vincent -
permanent student and budding young writer - into the world of Sebastian
Wells and the Prometheus League. Under the guise of a Victorian gaming
society it operates extremist and covert activities. Threatening exposure,
Vincent is thrown into a game of life or
death. |
Soho Black
Matchless detectives Bryant and May return from Christopher Fowler's
Darkest Day, tracking bizarre acts of violence through Soho at the height
of a heatwave. Meanwhile two hired killers, one black, one white, swap smart
post-Pulp Fiction dialogue and film executive Richard Tyler's life turns
into a nightmare after a very strange visit to the washroom. Midas has the
touch, Glory brings glamour and death in her wake and Judy is enchanted. Barbara
simply wants to save Richard who is determined to make a success of his life
even if he has died trying. Discovering how these characters tie together is
just one of the pleasures of a book that, from the cover inward, is strikingly
offbeat.
CHRISTOPHER
FOWLER
Collections
City Jitters
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More City Jitters
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The Bureau of Lost
Souls
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| Sharper
Knives |
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| Flesh
Wounds |
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A collection of 14 short stories,
that details the ways in which we contrive to treat each other cruelly.
The subjects range from a business-man who awakes one morning to find
everyone hates him, to a young woman who must surrender her virginity to
an enemy in order to fulfil her family's
destiny. |
| Personal
Demons |
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A hotel offers a taboo service
for its trouble clients, a young man must wind a thousand clocks before
sunset, and a vampire library attacks its reader. These linked tales
explore the world of the imagination, combining horror, fantasy, reality
and humour. |
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| Uncut |
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A collection of short
stories.
"You'll find that some of these tales are start-points for my
novels. 'Dale & Wayne Go Shopping' is the where 'Psychoville' began.
'Mother Of The City' was the starter for 'Disturbia' and 'In Persia' is
the jumping-off point for my next novel 'Calabash'."
Christopher
Fowler. |
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