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portada The Mannequin Makers
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2017
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781571311276

The Mannequin Makers

Craig Cliff (Author) · Milkweed Ed · Paperback

The Mannequin Makers - Craig Cliff

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Synopsis "The Mannequin Makers"

Excitement is rare in the small town of Marumaru, New Zealand. So when a young Maori man arrives on the morning train one day in 1903―announcing the imminent visit of a famous strongman―the entire town turns out to greet him, save one. Colton Kemp, a department store window-dresser, is at home, watching his beloved wife die in premature childbirth. Tormented by grief, he hatches a plan to make his name and thwart his rival, the silent and gifted Carpenter: over the next sixteen years he will raise his newborn twins in secrecy and isolation, to become human mannequins in the world’s most lifelike window display. From this moment of calamity emerges a work of masterful storytelling, at once wildly entertaining and formally ambitious. The novel leaps fearlessly from the epistolary to the castaway narrative to the picaresque, as Kemp’s plot goes awry and as he, his children, and the Carpenter converge in the New Zealand hinterland. The Mannequin Makers is an adventure-filled and thoroughly delightful yarn, introducing Craig Cliff, one of international literature’s most promising young talents, to American audiences.

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