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The Ballad of Perilous Graves
The Ballad of Perilous Graves
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In the vibrant and imaginative debut novel "The Ballad of Perilous Graves," Victor LaValle takes readers on a wild ride through New Orleans, a city of music and magic where spirits dance and Wise Women maintain order. When nine songs of power escape from the magical piano that keeps the city's beat, failed magician Perilous Graves must sacrifice everything to save it. But a storm is brewing, and Nola's time may be coming to an end. Praise for the book includes "a hallucinatory wonder of a debut" and "a wild, dark, and joyful love song to New Orleans."
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 23 June 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Winner of the 2023 Compton Crook Award
Shortlisted for the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
Shortlisted for the 2023 Locus Award for Best First Novel
Wild, witty, and profound.
A cosmic storm of talent.
Victor LaValle
Put on your dancing shoes and step into New Orleans as you've never seen it before in this vibrant and imaginative debut.
Nola is a city of wonders.
An alternate New Orleans made of music and magic, where spirits dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. To failed magician Perilous Graves, it's simply home.
Then the rhythm of the city stutters.
Nine songs of power have escaped from the magical piano that maintains the city's beat, and without them, Nola will fail. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. But a storm is brewing, and even if they capture the songs, Nola's time might be coming to an end.
Praise for The Ballad of Perilous Graves:
A hallucinatory wonder of a debut
Walter Mosley
Gripping and inventive fantasy
Guardian
An enchanting, energetic, wild ride of a story set to a staccato melody. The electric prose leaps off the page in a riot of colours and sounds
Leslye Penelope
A wild, dark and joyful love song to New Orleans, the power of stories, and hope in the face of destruction
H. G. Parry
I ached to live in their world. A stunning debut that is sure to become a classic
Elizabeth Hand
Alex Jennings writes with an energy and a profusion of imagination and vividness that carries you off. Brilliant!
Katherine Addison
A beautiful song full of magic and rhythm, darkness and delight. A profoundly gorgeous debut
Christina Henry
Weight: 330g
Dimension: 128 x 196 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780356519241
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