'THIS CLEVER, ORIGINAL DEBUT BRILLIANTLY IMAGINES THE WRITING OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL . . . IT'S WILDLY MOVING, CHOCK FULL OF DICKENSIAN ATMOSPHERE AND WRITTEN IN A STYLE AS RICH AS A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS DINNER' DAILY MAIL
Charles Dickens should be looking forward to Christmas. But when his latest book, Martin Chuzzlewit, is a flop, his publishers give him an ultimatum. Either he writes a Christmas book in a month or they will call in his debts and he could lose everything. Dickens has no choice but to grudgingly accept.
Yet inspiration is slow to strike, and in his desperate search for ideas, Dickens becomes increasingly distant from his own family as his fascination with a mysterious woman and her young son develops. But all is not as it seems . . .
In true Dickens style, this is a tale of ghosts and secrets, set in the heart of Victorian London.
'CHARMING, COMIC . . . I READ IT IN A COUPLD OF EBULLIENT, CHRISTMASSY GULPS' ANTHONY DOERR, AUTHOR OF ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Autorentext
Samantha Silva is a writer and screenwriter based in Idaho. She is currently adapting her debut novel, Mr Dickens and His Carol, for the stage.
Zusammenfassung
For Charles Dickens, each Christmas is been better than the last. His novels are literary blockbusters, avid fans litter the streets and he and his wife have five happy children and a sixth on the way. But when Dickens' latest book, Martin Chuzzlewit, is a flop, the glorious life threatens to collapse around him.His publishers offer an ultimatum: either he writes a Christmas book in a month, or they will call in his debts, and he could lose everything. Grudgingly, and increasingly plagued by self-doubt, Dickens meets the muse he needs in Eleanor Lovejoy. With time running out, Dickens is propelled on a Scrooge-like journey through Christmases past and present.