‘A magisterial wonder’ –<\/b> Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.<\/b><\/p>\n
Maur’s life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise . . . Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur’s obsessions – and is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces.<\/p>\n
So begins The Rouse<\/i>, a masterpiece unlike any other: at once a sprawling saga of the bloody twentieth century, and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets and secrets – and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.<\/p>\n
Praise for China Mi\u00e9ville, author of The City & The City<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘You can’t talk about Mi\u00e9ville without using the word “brilliant”‘ – Ursula K. Le Guin<\/p>\n
‘One of the most interesting and freakishly gifted writers of his generation’ – The Daily Telegraph<\/i><\/p>\n
‘As intelligent as he is original’ – The Guardian<\/i><\/p>\n
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