The great stink
by Clare Clark
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It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to London and his beloved wife from the horrors of the Crimean War. When he secures a job transforming the city's sewer system, he believes it will prove his salvation, as, in the subterranean world beneath the city, he begins to lay his ghosts to rest. But when the peace of the tunnels is shattered by a violent murder William loses his tenuous hold on his sanity. Implicated in the crime, plagued by nightmares and visions, he is no longer sure: Could he truly have committed it? Long Arm Tom, a tosher, is William's only hope of salvation.
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Literature, Underground areas, Ragpickers, Sewerage, Fiction, Social conditions, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Veterans, Large type books, London (england), fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Crimean war, 1853-1856, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, historicalPlaces
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The Great Stink
October 3, 2005, Harcourt
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"First published in Great Britain by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd."--T.p.verso.
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It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to his beloved wife from the battlefields of the Crimea. He secures a job transforming London's sewer system and begins to lay his ghosts to rest. Above ground, his work is increasingly compromised by corruption, and cholera epidemics threaten the city.
But it is only when the peace of the tunnels is shattered by murder that William loses his tenuous hold on sanity. Implicated in the crime, plagued by visions and nightmares, even he is not sure of his innocence. Long Arm Tom, who scavenges for valuables in the subterranean world of the sewers and cares for nothing and no one but his dog, Lady, is William's only hope of salvation. Will he bring the truth to light?
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