84K: The stunning new novel from one of the most original voices in modern fiction - Softcover

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose debut novel was written when she was just fourteen years old. She is fast establishing herself as one of the most powerful and imaginative voices in modern fiction. Her first book published under the Claire North pen name was The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, which became a word-of-mouth bestseller and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The follow-up Touch received widespread critical acclaim and was described by the Independent as 'little short of a masterpiece'. Her next novel The Sudden Appearance of Hope won the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and her recent book The End of the Day has been shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. She lives in London.

The quality of the writing and the dazzlingly imaginative heart of this exciting book will . . . keep readers absolutely hooked to the dramatic conclusion * SUNDAY MIRROR on TOUCH * I am left staggered into an awed slow-clap at everything North has accomplished here . . . touching, horrifying, magnificent * NPR on TOUCH * Reaffirms the passion and ambition that have made North such a consistently intriguing writer * LOCUS on THE END OF THE DAY * Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful. North is a writer to watch * KIRKUS on THE END OF THE DAY * Extraordinary . . . wildly impressive * Lucy Hughes-Hallett, BBC Radio 4 on THE END OF THE DAY * Utterly readable, utterly believable and compelling . . . one of the fiction highlights of the decade * Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club on THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST * Well-paced, brilliant and balanced * NEW YORK TIMES on THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF HOPE * Poignant and intensely gripping * GUARDIAN on TOUCH * Little short of a masterpiece * INDEPENDENT on TOUCH * Claire North's writing is terrific, smart and entertaining * Patrick Ness * Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination * Alex Marwood, author of THE WICKED GIRLS * North's talent shines out * SUNDAY TIMES * North demonstrates skill in creating a terrifying setting that feels rooted to the present day . . . Every aspect of life in Theo's Britain is imbued with a menace that feels both recognizable and urgent, and the decisions the characters make as a result feel uncomfortably real. * RT BOOK REVIEWS on 84K * The truly scary thing about 84K is how convincing this dark, brutal class-divided Britain is * SFX (4 1/2 stars) * Another captivating novel from one of the most intriguing and genre-bending novelists * BOOKLIST on 84K * North is an original and even dazzling writer, and fans of her work will enjoy this grim tale of capitalism taken to a terrifying extreme * KIRKUS on 84K * An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, from Nineteen Eighty Four to The Chrysalids, with dashes of The Handmaid's Tale -- Cory Doctorow on 84K An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece, as harrowing as it is brilliant * Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN *