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'The Quiet Twin reveals Vyleta to be a magical storyteller, a master of the macabre and a writer who illuminates the noir with a new darkness ... Vyleta creates a vivid Viennese waltz that explores the darkness of his chosen period in a way that both thrills and disturbs' (David Park)
'Heavy with atmosphere and moral menace, full of shadow and suspicion' (Georgina Harding)
'Vyleta builds an atmosphere of fear and paranoia ... With The Quiet Twin, he proves he's no one-book wonder' (Globe and Mail)
'Pungently recreates the noxious ethos in which it flourished, resembling Hitchcock's Rear Window rescripted by Dostoevsky and Kafka' (Sunday Times)
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'Heavy with atmosphere and moral menace, full of shadow and suspicion' (Georgina Harding)
'Vyleta builds an atmosphere of fear and paranoia ... With The Quiet Twin, he proves he's no one-book wonder' (Globe and Mail)
'Pungently recreates the noxious ethos in which it flourished, resembling Hitchcock's Rear Window rescripted by Dostoevsky and Kafka' (Sunday Times)
A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception
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- EditoreBloomsbury Publishing
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 1408807424
- ISBN 13 9781408807422
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine384
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