{"product_id":"shock-city-9781784634599","title":"Shock City","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSeries\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eName:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shock City   \u003cstrong\u003eNumber:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch3\u003eManchester, 1832: cholera at the gates, a murder in the library.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\tManchester, May 1832. The town is a furnace of smoke, money and rumour, and cholera is coming up the Irwell. At the opening of the Fox Library – a glittering iron-and-glass cathedral built for the Indian-born widow Roshanara Fox – the mill-owner William Cording is shot dead in front of the men who run the city. Days later his assassin is found hanged in a locked tower room. Sykes, the library’s young engineer, and Abiah Drake, a former East India Company agent turned librarian, must trace a conspiracy running from the Ganges to Angel Meadow: a plan to wall the Irish poor inside their own slum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePraise for Previous Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Blincoe writes with a sharp, lethal elegance … stylish, dark, and compulsively readable.’ —\u003ccite\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A master of fast-paced, contemporary noir with an unmistakable literary edge.’ —\u003ccite\u003eThe Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Blincoe combines slick narrative pacing with genuine depth and intelligence.’ —\u003ccite\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eBurning Paris\u003c\/cite\u003e) A heady combination of love, war and a grand narrative scheme. Burning Paris is a highly topical novel and the historical detail is superb.’ —\u003ccite\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eBurning Paris\u003c\/cite\u003e) Blincoe evokes the turbulence of these terrible months of siege, hunger and bloodshed in Paris exceptionally well … clever [and] ambitious.’ —\u003ccite\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eJernigan Boy Gang\u003c\/cite\u003e) Fiercely original … Blincoe’s world is dangerous, funny, and relentlessly entertaining.’ —\u003ccite\u003eTime Out\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘(On \u003ccite\u003eJernigan Boy Gang\u003c\/cite\u003e) Blincoe has a brilliant ear for dialogue and a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern life.’ —\u003ccite\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Blincoe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56422395543931,"sku":"9781784634599","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/7222\/files\/9781784634599.jpg?v=1789670949","url":"https:\/\/www.saltpublishing.com\/products\/shock-city-9781784634599","provider":"Salt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}