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Smoke: A Novel
Written by Dan Vyleta
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Fans of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta's thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders-and dangerous secrets.
Welcome to a Victorian England unlike any other you have experienced before. Here, wicked thoughts (both harmless and hate-filled) appear in the air as telltale wisps of Smoke.
Young Thomas Argyle, a son of aristocracy, has been sent to an elite boarding school. Here he will be purged of Wickedness, for the wealthy do not Smoke. When he resists a sadistic headboy's temptations to Smoke, a much larger struggle beyond the school walls is revealed. Shortly thereafter, on a trip to London, Thomas and his best friend witness events that make them begin to question everything they have been taught about Smoke.
And thus the adventure begins... You will travel by coach to a grand estate where secrets lurk in attic rooms and hidden laboratories; where young love blossoms; and where a tumultuous relationship between a mother and her children is the crucible in which powerful passions are kindled, and dangerous deeds must be snuffed out in a desperate race against time.
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Dan Vyleta
DAN VYLETA is the son of Czech refugees to Germany. Having lived in Germany, Canada, the US, Turkey, Austria and the UK, he aspires to be bohemian in more ways than one. He is the author of Pavel & I, The Quiet Twin (shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize), The Crooked Maid (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, a Globe and Mail Book of the Year and winner of the J.I. Segal Award) and Smoke (a Canadian bestseller translated into ten languages). Dan Vyleta currently teaches literature and writing at the University of Birmingham in the UK.
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