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Imprint: Doubleday
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Published: 04/05/2021
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ISBN: 9780857526809
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Length: 608 Pages
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Dimensions: 250mm x 40mm x 170mm
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Weight: 798g
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RRP: £16.99
Great Circle
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021
'A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp, fresh and modern' STYLIST
'An amazing literary feat' CURTIS SITTENFELD
'A masterpiece' NIGELLA LAWSON
A soaring, breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen. For fans of TAYLOR JENKINS REID, WILLIAM BOYD and ANN PATCHETT
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I WAS BORN TO BE A WANDERER
From the night she is rescued as a baby out of the flames of a sinking ship; to the day she joins a pair of daredevil pilots looping and diving over the rugged forests of her childhood, to the thrill of flying Spitfires during the war, the life of Marian Graves has always been marked by a lust for freedom and danger.
In 1950, she embarks on the great circle flight, circumnavigating the globe. It is Marian's life dream and her final journey, before she disappears without a trace.
Half a century later, Hadley Baxter, a scandal-ridden Hollywood actress whose own parents perished in a plane crash is irresistibly drawn to play Marian Graves, a role that will lead her to probe the true mystery behind the vanished pilot.
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'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES
'Full of adventure, passion and tragedy' THE TIMES
'Soars from the very first page' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Luminous, masterful. Glides seamlessly through 20th century history' TELEGRAPH
'Breathtaking' OBSERVER
'Impressive and gripping' SUNDAY TIMES
'Surprising and moving at every turn' GUARDIAN
'Immersive' DAILY MAIL
'Accomplished and ambitious' FINANCIAL TIMES
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Imprint: Doubleday
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Published: 04/05/2021
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ISBN: 9780857526809
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Length: 608 Pages
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Dimensions: 250mm x 40mm x 170mm
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Weight: 798g
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RRP: £16.99
Reviews
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Luminous, masterful ... glides seamlessly through the 20th century immersing the reader. Tremendously well-written.
TELEGRAPH
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A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp, fresh and modern
STYLIST MAGAZINE
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This is truly exceptional storytelling, combining a sweeping arc of history with writing that, at sentence level, is near-flawless
BOOKSELLER, A Fiction Pick of the Year
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Effortlessly woven... deserves to be savoured slowly
EVENING STANDARD
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Shipstead turns phrases and observes people beautifully. Full of adventure, passion and tragedy... a glorious tribute to women who push the boundaries of their one, brief life, breaking the bonds of their place in history and their female bodies, to soar higher and faster than others; and the price they pay to live so fast
THE TIMES
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Impressive and gripping
SUNDAY TIMES
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Accomplished and ambitious... Most novelists have their limits and cut their cloth accordingly. Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates.
FINANCIAL TIMES
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Rocked by the cool cadences of Shipstead's prose, readers will embark on a journey through time and space. Across 600 pages, they'll link arms with its characters as they stroll along the decks of early-1900s ocean liners, then board private jets to eavesdrop on the poolside parties of 21st-century Hollywood. They'll spot eagles arcing over the wild frontiers of Prohibition-era America then feel the lonely, existential chill of the white expanses of Antarctica - in between city breaks in Europe and Australia
INDEPENDENT
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A gorgeous soaring story that takes flight from the very first page
SUNDAY EXPRESS
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What's so impressive is how deeply we care about each of these people, and how the shape and texture of each of their stories collide to build a story all its own. GREAT CIRCLE grasps for and ultimately reaches something extraordinary
NEW YORK TIMES
