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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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The dazzling new novel for fans of THE GOLDFINCH
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
'Smart, ambitious and so beautifully written. An amazing literary feat' CURTIS SITTENFELD
'Epic in spirit and scope. A soaring masterclass' TELEGRAPH (five stars)
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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 brilliant, troubled Hollywood starlet is irresistibly drawn to play Marian Graves, a role that will lead her to probe the deepest mysteries of the vanished pilot's life.
An enthralling journey over oceans and continents and a drama of exhilarating power, GREAT CIRCLE is perfect for book clubs and fans of William Boyd and Donna Tartt.
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'Gripping' SUNDAY TIMES
'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES
'One of the most hotly anticipated books of the spring' MARIELLA FROSTRUP
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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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This is truly exceptional storytelling, combining a sweeping arc of history with writing that, at sentence level, is near-flawless
BOOKSELLER
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Luminous, masterful ... glides seamlessly through the 20th century immersing the reader. Tremendously written.
TELEGRAPH
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Effortlessly woven... deserves to be savoured slowly
Katie Law, EVENING STANDARD
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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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Whether Shipstead is creating scenes in the Prohibition-era American West, in wartime London, or on a Hollywood movie set, her research is invisible, allowing a fully immersive experience. Ingeniously structured and so damn entertaining; this novel is as ambitious as its heroines - but it never falls from the sky.
KIRKUS
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Impressive and gripping
SUNDAY TIMES
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Books to look forward to in 2021
GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, NEW STATESMAN
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Shipstead's breathaking epic of a female aviator is a stunning feat
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
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Transcendent ... A rolling, roiling epic ... Through the interwoven stories of impetuous flyer Marian Graves and flavor-of-the-month actress Hadley Baxter, Shipstead ponders the motivating forces behind acts of daring defiance, self-fulfilment and self-destruction. An ambitious, soaring saga.
BOOKLIST
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Underpinning it all is a reverence for nature, thrumming in the forests of Montana, the jagged peaks of Alaska and the stupefying ice shelves of the Antarctic. Exhilarating, masterful depictions ... invites readers to contemplate both magnitude and majesty
BOOKPAGE [Starred review]
