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Umbrella

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012For half a century Audrey Death has been in a state of semi-consciousness.

Severed from the world of the living after falling victim to Encephalitis lethargica, she has languished in Friern Barnet Mental Hospital.

Then, in 1971, maverick psychiatrist Dr Zack Busner arrives. Audrey’s experiences of a bygone Edwardian London: her socialist lover, her involvement with the Suffragists, and her work in a munitions factory during the First World War, alternate with Dr Busner’s attempts to bring her back to life with a new and powerful drug.

His investigations lead to revelations that are both shocking and tragic, and which will return to haunt him decades later.

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1408831678 / 9781408831670
Paperback / softback
823.92
11/04/2013
United Kingdom
English
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397 pages
20 cm
Reprint. Originally published: 2012.