The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine
'The Chimney Sweeper's Boy is about the power of taboos, about transgressions, guilts, deceptions, horrors, atonements, upsets and upheavals... worldly, intricate, confident and gripping' (Patricia Craig, Independent)
About the Author
Barbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. She has written fifteen novels using this pseudonym, including A Fatal Inversion and King Solomon's Carpet which both won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Her other books include: A Dark Adapted Eye; The House of Stairs; Gallowglass; Asta's Book; No Night Is Too Long; In the Time of His Prosperity; The Brimstone Wedding; The Chimney Sweeper's Boy; Grasshopper; The Blood Doctor; The Minotaur; The Birthday Present and The Child's Child.
Format: Paperback | 448 pages
Dimensions (cm): 18 x 11.2 x 2.8 | 290g
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication City/Country: Ringwood, VIC, Australia
Language: English
ISBN10: 0141037601
ISBN13: 9780141037608
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges, and some creasing on the bottom-half of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. There is a pink sticker with the words "I Love Oprah" stuck on the bottom of the first page, under the text.