The Great Stink
1st U.S. ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Mary Mount - Editor
- Bridgeman Art Library - Cover Art
- Vaughn Andrews - Cover Design
Publication
2005-10-03 - Harcourt, Orlando, Florida, USA, Florida
Language
English
Word Count
90,500 words, Guess
Page Count
362 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegreatstink00clar_0
- ISBN-100151011613
- ISBN-139780151011612
- LibraryThing16344
- Goodreads2106983
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- Library of Congress Control Number2005002405
- OCLC Control Number57549374
- Better World Books9780151011612
- Open LibraryOL3392786M
Classifications
- DDC823/.92
- LCCPR6103.L3725 G74 2005
- LCCPR6103.L3725G74 2005
Description
It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to his beloved wife from the battlefields of the Crimea. He secures a job transforming London's sewer system and begins to lay his ghosts to rest. Above ground, his work is increasingly compromised by corruption, and cholera epidemics threaten the city. But it is only when the peace of the tunnels is shattered by murder that William loses his tenuous hold on sanity. Implicated in the crime, plagued by visions and nightmares, even he is not sure of his innocence. Long Arm Tom, who scavenges for valuables in the subterranean world of the sewers and cares for nothing and no one but his dog, Lady, is William's only hope of salvation. Will he bring the truth to light?
First Sentence
Where the channel snaked to the right it was no longer possible to stand upright despite the abrupt drop in the gradient.
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