The Midnight Palace
A mesmerising story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past.The book begins with a chase through the streets of Calcutta in May 1916. Lieutenant Peake pauses for breath outside the ruins of the Jheeter's Gate station knowing that he only has a few hours to live. Inside his overcoat he is sheltering two newborn babies - twins, a boy and a girl. Peake entrusts them to Aryami Bose. Sixteen years later we meet the boy, Ben, and his friends. They have formed a secret club, The Chowbar Society, which meets each week at midnight in the old ruin they have christened The Midnight Palace. Then Aryami Bose turns up with S…
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- ISBN: 978-0-297-85743-3
- EAN: 9780297857433
- Produktnummer: 22598047
- Verlag: Orion
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 573 KB
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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