Kate Atkinson's novel "Transcription" is a masterpiece, praised by the "Telegraph," "Evening Standard," and "Observer." It follows Juliet Armstrong, recruited into espionage in 1940 and confronted by figures from her past ten years later. The novel is a triumph of fiction, with depth, texture, wit, and empathy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2019
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

The magnificent novel by bestselling and award-winning Kate Atkinson: A masterpiece - Telegraph; Pageturner - Evening Standard ; Wise,funny and paced like a thriller - Observer In 1940,eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers,she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended,she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later,now a producer at the BBC,Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now,on a different battleground,but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due,and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture,a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power,wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this countrys most exceptional writers. How vehemently most novelists will wish to produce a masterpiece as good Telegraph ______________

The magnificent novel by bestselling and award-winning Kate Atkinson:

A masterpiece - Telegraph;

Pageturner - Evening Standard;

Wise,funny and paced like a thriller - Observer

In 1940,eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers,she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended,she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever.

Ten years later,now a producer at the BBC,Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now,on a different battleground,but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due,and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.

Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture,a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power,wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this countrys most exceptional writers.

How vehemently most novelists will wish to produce a masterpiece as good

Telegraph

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Weight: 298g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780552776653