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The Curator (Large Print)

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Curator (Large Print)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Owen King
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLarge Print
Thorndike Press
All Dates
Fantasy
ISBN/Barcode 9798885787505
Audience
General
Edition Large Print Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Thorndike Press
Imprint Thorndike Press
NZ Release Date 1 March 2023
Publication Country United States

Description

From New York Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine. It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed the Fairest, it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability. Dora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desire--to find where her brother went after he died, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of a nation on the verge of collapse, Doras search for the truth behind the mystery shes long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds. Praise for Owen King: King writes with witty verve. --Entertainment Weekly [Owen King] has a captivating energy, a precision and a fondness for people that are rare...King loves people as well as words. --The New York Times