Shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award
Charlie meets everyone - but only once.
You might meet him in a hospital, in a warzone, or at the scene of a traffic accident. Then again, you might meet him at the North Pole - Charlie gets everywhere.
Sometimes he is sent as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. Either way, this is going to be the most important meeting of your life.
The End of the Day is the stunning new story from author Claire North: the voice behind the word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780356507330
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 300 g
Dimensions: 195 x 127 x 27 mm
Reaffirms the passion and ambition that have made North such a consistently intriguing writer -- LOCUS Poetic and imaginative ... A thoroughly engaging and astute read -- SCIFINOW Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful Kirkus A beautiful, if occasionally uncomfortable, read that resists being labeled with any particular genre LIBRARY JOURNAL An exciting voice in contemporary fantasy ... North adroitly sets the scenes and enlivens them with compelling, ironic dialogue, and she keeps the surprises coming until the very end SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
At the end of the day death visits everyone. Before that they meet Charlie. But who exactly is this mystery figure? We will find out more..." You don't see the end, is that it? Just the beginning of the... More
Charlie is the Harbinger of Death, he comes before - sometimes as a warning, sometimes as a courtesy.
This was one of the hardest of Claire North's books, it is beautiful and beyond definition - but there's...
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There is a lot to love about Claire North's novels. Her subject matter is always original, imaginative and intriguing. Her storytelling is never dull, or plodding or mundane and her writing is always elegant and... More
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