Angelmaker by nick harkaway tells the story of joe spork unassuming clock repairman and son of matthew tommy gun spork, the wellknown gangster. A wall street journal and booklist best mystery of 2012 from the acclaimed author of the goneaway world, blistering gangster noir meets howling absurdist comedy as the forces of good square off against the forces of evil, and only an unassuming clockwork repairman and an octogenarian former superspy can save the world. Angelmaker book strathcona county library bibliocommons. He is also a regular blogger for the booksellers futurebook website. Angelmaker ebook published february 2nd 2012 by cornerstone digital. But when state investigators then look into the head of a refusenik novelist named diana hunter, what they find there is not her life story but that of four other people, spread across thousands of years, all vibrantly real and each. A wall street journal and booklist best mystery of 2012 from the acclaimed author of the goneaway world, blistering gangster noir meets howling absurdist comedy as the forces of good square off against the forces of evil, and only an unassuming clockwork repairman and an octogenarian former supersp. Having enjoyed nick harkaway s debut novel, the goneaway world, very much, i looked forward enormously to angelmaker, hoping to find a similar spirit of gungho upagainstit little people against a big evil world, with extra ninjas and doomsday weapons.
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