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Then

Julie Myerson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:14th Jun '12

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Then cover

An astonishing, apocalyptic new novel, from the author of Something Might Happen.

In the wasted ruins of London, a woman pieces together fragments of her memory. As her past emerges, her own apocalypse begins.

Then is a novel of singular invention and bravery. With it, Julie Myerson has created an echo chamber of the heartbreaking and the terrifying, and an enduring dystopian vision.

A blasted world.
A broken heart.
A shattering betrayal.

Heartlessness has become the law. In the wasted ruins of London, a woman pieces together fragments of her memory. As her past emerges, her own apocalypse begins.

Then is a novel of singular invention and bravery. With it, Julie Myerson has created an echo chamber of the heartbreaking and the terrifying, and an enduring dystopian vision.

This is writing that takes the breath away... I cannot praise this staggeringly accomplished work highly enough -- Virginia Blackburn * Sunday Express *
Then is a bold, uncompromising book that marks out Myerson as a truly interesting and risk-taking author... grippingly good -- Elizabeth Day * Observer *
Julie Myerson offers a haunting twist on Armageddon... A chillingly persuasive vision of emotional hell -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
An addictively readable feat of imagination -- Lionel Shriver
A daring and dazzling performance -- John Harding * Daily Mail *

ISBN: 9780099554721

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 19mm

Weight: 224g

304 pages