Maggie Shipstead - Great Circle (2nd Hand Paperback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9781529176643
Synopsis
Shortlisted for The 2021 Booker Prize & Multi-Award Winner.
A Book of the Year for The Times, Telegraph, Daily Express, New Statesman, Good Housekeeping, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Time, Esquire, The Economist, Oprah Daily and Woman and Home.
From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, from the rugged shores of New Zealand to a lonely ice shelf in Antarctica, Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger.
Determined to live an independent life, she resists the pull of her childhood sweetheart, and burns her way through a suite of glamorous lovers. But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most.
Now, as she is about to fulfil her greatest ambition, to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole, Marian crash lands in a perilous wilderness of ice.
Over half a century later, troubled film star Hadley Baxter is drawn inexorably to play the enigmatic pilot on screen. It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery, throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves.
Details
- Format : Slightly Thicker 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Fiction - Action, Adventure & Western
- Published : 2021 (This Edition 2022 - Penguin)
- ISBN : 9781529176643
- SKU : B003192
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Extraordinary' - New York Times.
'Full of adventure, passion and tragedy' - The Times.
'Soars from the very first page' - Sunday Express.
'Breath-taking' - The Observer.
'Impressive and gripping' - The Sunday Times.
'Surprising and moving at every turn' - The Guardian.
'Audacious and Immersive' - Daily Mail.
'Accomplished and ambitious' - Financial Times.
'This is a stunning achievement, my perspective feels fundamentally transformed through reading it. A wonderful saga, covering a large chunk of the 20th Century.' - Goodreads Review.
'A Booker finalist . . . Shipstead unravels parallel narratives, Marian's and that of another woman whose life is changed by Marian's story, in glorious detail. Every character, whether mentioned once or 50 times, has a specific, necessary presence. It's a narrative made to be devoured, one that is both timeless and satisfying.' - Time Magazine, Book of The Year.
The Author
Maggie Shipstead is an American novelist, short story author, essayist, and travel writer. She is the author of Seating Arrangements Astonish Me, Great Circle, and the short story collection You Have a Friend in 10A.
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