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Harper Perennial
November 2004
On Sale: October 26, 2004
416 pages
ISBN: 0060534222
EAN: 9780060534226
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Fiction
It's the Christmas season, and Mr. Timothy Cratchit, not
the pious child the world thought he was, has just buried
his father. He's also struggling to bury his past as a
cripple and shed his financial ties to his
benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by losing himself in the thick
of London's underbelly. He boards at a brothel in exchange
for teaching the mistress how to read and spends his nights
dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures in
their pockets. Timothy's life takes a sharp turn when he discovers the
bodies of two dead girls, each seared with the same cruel
brand on the upper arm. The sight of their horror-struck
faces compels Timothy to become the protector of another
young girl, Philomela, from the fate the others suffered at
the hands of a dangerous and powerful man. A different kind of Christmas story, this breathless flight
through the teeming markets, shadowy passageways, and
rolling brown fog of 1860s London would do Dickens proud
for its surprising twists and turns, and its extraordinary
heart.
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