The Night Tiger: The Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick: the enchanting mystery and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick - Brossura

Choo, Yangsze

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1787470466 ISBN 13: 9781787470460

Casa editrice: Quercus Publishing, 2019

Riassunto

'The two main characters will captivate you as their paths are destined to cross... you won't be able to put this one down!' Reese Witherspoon 'I was willingly propelled into a fascinating and exotic world' Daily Mail They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us... In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy. Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master's severed finger and reunite it with his body. Ren has forty-nine days, or else his master's soul will roam the earth forever. Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker, moonlights as a dancehall girl to pay her mother's debts. One night, Ji Lin's dance partner leaves her with a gruesome souvenir that leads her on a crooked, dark trail. As time runs out for Ren's mission, a series of unexplained deaths occur amid rumours of tigers who turn into men. In their journey to keep a promise and discover the truth, Ren and Ji Lin's paths will cross in ways they will never forget. Captivating and lushly written, The Night Tiger explores the rich world of servants and masters, ancient superstition and modern ambition, sibling rivalry and unexpected love. Woven through with Chinese folklore and a tantalizing mystery, this novel is a page-turner of the highest order. 'An exuberant medley of magic, romance and weirdness' The Times '[A] highly imaginative and a spellbinding read' Woman's Weekly

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Recensione

'The two main characters will captivate you as their paths are destined to cross... you won't be able to put this one down!' (Reese Witherspoon)

Mazey, bewildering, and absolutely brilliant - I loved it (Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street)

An irresistible page-turner (Saga)

A fascinating and exotic world where perception and truth can be interpreted in many ways (Daily Mail)

The tale's various twists and beautifully written interpersonal relationships are a pleasure to read (Irish Examiner)

An exuberant medley of magic, romance and weirdness (The Times)

[A] highly imaginative and a spellbinding read (Woman's Weekly)

Takes the reader on a vivid journey through 30s Malaysia (Independent)

Takes the reader on a vivid journey through 1930s Malaysia... a beautifully written, twisty tale (Sunday Post)

Choo is a thrilling writer, evoking high emotion, gripping suspense, and an exquisite sense of time and place with her lyrical, sensual writing and her powerful evocation of the soaring, sizzling landscape (Lancashire Post)

Descrizione del libro

A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers.

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• Editore: Quercus Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1787470466
• ISBN 13: 9781787470460
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480