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Thin Air: The most chilling and compelling ghost story of the year
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Thin Air: The most chilling and compelling ghost story of the year
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Michelle Paver
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:240 | Dimensions(mm): Height 129,Width 196 |
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Category/Genre | Crime and mystery Horror and ghost stories Historical fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781409163367
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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Imprint |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Publication Date |
5 October 2017 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Himalayas, 1935. Kangchenjunga. The sacred mountain. Biggest killer of them all. Five Englishmen set out to conquer it. But courage can only take them so far. And the higher they climb, the darker it gets.
Author Biography
Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'Nyasaland Times', Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford, she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. She is the author of the brilliantly successful children's series, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, and also the bestselling ghost story Dark Matter. Following a trek in the Himalayas, she returned with her second, Thin Air, a chilling tale set on the icy slopes of Kangchenjunga.
ReviewsA wonderfully atmospheric and hugely enjoyable ghost story 'Evocative, chilling and superbly unsettling, it is very good indeed' - BOOKSELLER This gripping ghost story has moments of horror and beauty - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Paver's descriptions of the topography are marvellously vivid and add to the sense of menace that suffuses the story' - SUNDAY TIMES An atmospheric ghost story that would give Susan Hill a run for her money - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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