The Pursuit of William Abbey

Claire North

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English

Orbit
12 November 2019

Thriller & suspense; Horror & ghost stories; Historical fiction; First World War

A hauntingly powerful novel about how the choices we make can stay with us forever, by the award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K.

South Africa in the 1880s. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by the white colonists. As the child dies, his mother curses William.

William begins to understand what the curse means when the shadow of the dead boy starts following him across the world. It never stops, never rests. It can cross oceans and mountains. And if it catches him, the person he loves most in the world will die.

Gripping, moving, and thought-provoking, The Pursuit of William Abbey proves once again that Claire North is one of the most innovative voices in modern fiction.

Previous books by Claire North:

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Touch

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

The End of the Day

84K

The Gameshouse

Previous books written as Kate Griffin:

Matthew Swift novels:

A Madness of Angels

The Midnight Mayor

The Neon Court

The Minority Council

Magicals Anonymous novels:

Stray Souls

The Glass God

By: Claire North
Imprint: Orbit
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 142mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781549128677
ISBN 10: 1549128671
Publication Date: 12 November 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and an Audie nomination, and was included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Her more recent novel, The Sudden Appearance of Hope, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2017. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting. She lives in London. Peter Kenny has worked for the BBC, RSC, Channel 4 Film, A&BC Theatre Co., and Playboard Puppets. In recent years, he has achieved great critical acclaim for audiobook recordings of titles by authors such as Iain Banks, Claire North, Andrzej Sapkowski, Jonas Jonasson, and Neil Gaiman.

Reviews for The Pursuit of William Abbey

North has established a reputation for tense, dense, science fiction/fantasy-inflected thrillers that defy facile explanations. -- New York Times, praise for the author