A Man of Shadows
Will be published approx. on 3. August 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-85766-670-3 (ISBN)
Description
A private eye stalks a serial killer through a world divided into zones of perpetual Day, Night, and Dusk in this "disturbing and bizarre" sci-fi thriller from "one of the great masters of weird fiction" (Adrian Tchaikovsky, award-winning author of Children of Time).
In a city divided into zones of perpetual Day, Night and Dusk, a lowly private eye attempts to save a teenage girl from the evil forces that seek to destroy her.
Below the neon skies of Dayzone-where the lights never go out, and night has been banished-lowly private eye John Nyquist takes on a teenage runaway case. His quest takes him from Dayzone into the permanent dark of Nocturna.
As the vicious, seemingly invisible serial killer known only as Quicksilver haunts the streets, Nyquist starts to suspect that the runaway girl holds within her the key to the city's fate. In the end, there's only one place left to search: the shadow-choked zone known as Dusk.
In a city divided into zones of perpetual Day, Night and Dusk, a lowly private eye attempts to save a teenage girl from the evil forces that seek to destroy her.
Below the neon skies of Dayzone-where the lights never go out, and night has been banished-lowly private eye John Nyquist takes on a teenage runaway case. His quest takes him from Dayzone into the permanent dark of Nocturna.
As the vicious, seemingly invisible serial killer known only as Quicksilver haunts the streets, Nyquist starts to suspect that the runaway girl holds within her the key to the city's fate. In the end, there's only one place left to search: the shadow-choked zone known as Dusk.
Reviews / Votes
"This superb novel of light, glass and blood proves again that Jeff Noon is one of our few true visionaries."-Warren Ellis
"A disturbing and bizarre journey by one of the great masters of weird fiction."
-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time
"Every Jeff Noon novel is a wonderful, precious thing. These are bad times, and we need him more than ever."
-Dave Hutchinson, British Science Fiction Association award-winning author of the Europe series
"Style has always been Noon's strongest suit, and in creating the varied cityscapes of A Man of Shadows, his talent for hallucinatory imagery has found a perfect match. This book is absolutely drenched in arresting visuals."
-Sam Reader for The B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"Manchester's delirious prophet returns with scripture written in shadow and light."
-Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine
"Noon has written a kaleidoscopic noir novel of dizzying dream logic."
-Publishers Weekly
"[Noon's] prose takes you to weird and scary places other novelists don't go - a reminder why he's so revered."
-SFX magazine
"It's a stylish and distinctive vision of a world that remains morally grey and foggy, even when under Dayzone's bright artificial lights. Weirdly compelling."
-The Spectator
"This is a beguiling introduction to a strange new world, and a trip worth taking."
-Sci-Fi Now magazine
"While Vurt was undeniably the in-your-face work of a brash wunderkind, A Man of Shadows is arguably even better: the product of a more mature, surer writer with less desire to awe the reader for the sheer sake of showing off his chops, and more intent on producing emotional resonances, more vivid storylines, and imparting whatever hard-earned wisdom the writer has garnered."
-Paul di Filippo, for Locus
"Clocks and watches form a recurrent motif in this artful, eerie novel that infuses the mystery genre with symbolism and soul."
-James Lovegrove, for Financial Times
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Watkins Media Limited
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85766-670-3 (9780857666703)
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Jeff Noon is an award-winning British novelist, short story writer and playwright. He won the Arthur C Clarke Award for Vurt, the John W Campbell award for Best New Writer, a Tinniswood Award for innovation in radio drama and the Mobil prize for playwriting. He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. His work spans SF and fantasy genres, exploring the ever-changing borderzone between genre fiction and the avant-garde. Find him at:
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