The Twisted Heart
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On Sale:
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04/09/2009
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Formats:
Trade paperback | E-Book
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Kit, a work-obsessed literature student, decides on a whim to go to a dance class. And for a while it looks as if Joe, the shadowy figure she meets there, may tempt her to put her books aside and live a little. But as Joe’s world becomes increasingly threatening and Kit’s research leads her to stumble on a complex historical mystery, she is faced with a choice. should she hide away in her studies or make a leap of faith that could change her existence forever?
The Twisted Heart is both a hugely enjoyable novel about the challenges of love and a startling exploration of previously unrecognized links between the young Charles Dickens and the deranged murder of a prostitute known as The Countess. Brilliantly weaving these threads together, The Twisted Heart confirms Gowers as one of the most exciting writers in Britain today.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
The Twisted Heart
“A literary jeu d’esprit in the style of Scarlett Thomas’s The End of Mr. Y…skittish, stream-of-consciousness prose, ultra-realistic dialogue and a genuinely puzzling historical murder mystery. The romance [between Kit and Joe]…is fresh and clever and very funny.”
— The Guardian Review
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“Gowers is proficient in blending [the Dickensian murder] mystery with Kit’s love-life...effectively juxtaposing the violence of the past with the that of the present, Gowers is also very good at developing her peripheral characters.”
— The Bookseller (Booksellers’ Choice: April)
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“Rebecca Gowers is a dab hand at creating finely drawn characters so full of unease that their uncomfortable relationship with their surroundings manifests itself in physical symptoms...Gowers's deft, precise touch and ability to generate a sense of discomfiting ambiguity turn the linked stories into a dark delight of a novel.”
— Metro
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The Twisted Heart
Kit, a work-obsessed literature student, decides on a whim to go to a dance class. And for a while it looks as if Joe, the shadowy figure she meets there, may tempt her to put her books aside and live a little. But as Joe’s world becomes increasingly threatening and Kit’s research leads her to...
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