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A reviewer in The Telegraph (UK), noted: "This unsettling small-town noir draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland, where corruption, desperation, and crime run rife. A gritty look at trust and betrayal where the written law isn't the only one, The Ruin asks who will protect you when the authorities can't-or won't."
On the July/August 2015 issue of Bookmarks, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) with a critical summary saying, "Atkinson's latest novel is "a sprawling, unapologetically ambitious saga that tells the story of postwar Britain through the microcosm of a single family" (New York Times Book review)". [11]
Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925) [1] is a British journalist, author and book reviewer, best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952. [2] He has written 12 novels, 3 works of nonfiction and 9 books for children.
The book fits specifically into the survival horror genre, which is marked by people doing whatever it takes to conquer their environment and stay alive. The novel was released on July 18, 2006 (ISBN 1-4000-4387-5). A film adaptation of the novel was released in the United States and Canada on April 4, 2008. [1]
Children of Ruin is a 2019 science fiction novel by British author Adrian Tchaikovsky, the second in his Children of Time series. The novel was well received, winning the 2019 BSFA Award for Best Novel. [1] The book was followed by the third book in the series, Children of Memory, in 2022.
She has a three-book deal with Simon & Schuster for a "utopian" young adult series called The Internment Chronicles. The first book is titled Perfect Ruin. [4] It was released October 1, 2013, and focuses on the "perfect, orderly society" of a city floating in the sky. [5] The second book in the series, Burning Kingdoms, was released on March ...
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin is a 2020 young adult fantasy novel by Ghanaian American writer Roseanne A. Brown. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Brown's debut novel inspired by West and North African folktale was published on 2 June 2020 by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins as the first book in a planned duology.
It was republished ten years later along with other published works by Arreola at that time in the collection El Confabulario total. [1] The story revolves around a "stranger" who wishes to travel to the town of T. by train, but is quickly met by a "switchman" who tells him more and more fantastical stories about the train system while they are ...