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The Night Battles by M. F. Bloxam THE NIGHT BATTLES
by M. F. Bloxam
read by Carrington MacDuffie
General Fiction • Unabridged
Blackstone Exclusive
Format EAN/ISBN Avail. Price Sale Qty.
6 CDs* 9781433262883 YES $60.00 $30.00
1 MP3CD 9781433262913 YES $29.95 NA
1 Playaway 9781433262951 YES $59.99 NA
6 Tapes* 9781433262876 YES $44.95 $22.48
* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
Book ID(4980) - 6.8 hrs (est.), Published - 02/01/09
DESCRIPTION

Historian Joan Severance has returned to the Sicily of her childhood, ostensibly to do research in the archives of the remote fortress town of Valparuta. In truth, her academic career lies in ruins behind her: she has been relieved of her teaching duties at Brown University after assaulting a student. Unable to approach her own long-buried history of loss and displacement, Joan takes refuge in the cool library rooms of the old town.

But Valparuta, Joan discovers, is haunted too. Unseen hands vandalize its homes and streets; the archivist, Cosimo Chiesa, suffers invisible blows. As Joan’s disturbed, hyper-intuitive mind falls increasingly under Valparuta’s spell, the embattled Chiesa begins a subtle campaign of seduction and tutelage whose purpose—at once shocking and inevitable—will force Joan to confront her unacknowledged past.



REVIEWS

“I took a good long time to enjoy every moment of your wonderful audio interpretation of my novel, The Night Battles. Many thanks for your fine work.” — M. F. Bloxam

“Carrington MacDuffie artfully portrays the antagonistic Joan and a cast of enigmatic Sicilians….The evocative writing and the dreamlike nature of the story, set mostly amid the quiet of the archives and the crumbling splendor of Joan’s hotel, make for perfect audio.”—AudioFile

“Bloxam delivers fine Sicilian literary horror in the vein of Tom Piccirilli and Sara Gran….Bloxam’s ornate prose is the perfect complement to her complex heroine and the creepy goings-on in this eerie and satisfying debut novel.”—Publishers Weekly

“The Night Battles takes many unexpected twists and turns, and what drives it forward is both the sense of mystery that Bloxam has given to the town of Valparuta and the silent longing for some kind of emotional depth that she has given to her protagonist. In short, The Night Battles is a work of beauty, a curious cross between Umberto Ecco and Neil Gaiman—mysterious, moody, and highly engaging.”—Small Press Reviews



M. F. BLOXAM has lived in Sicily and the United States and is currently residing on New Hampshire’s coastline. She is the author of prize-winning short fiction and creative nonfiction. A background in anthropology and museum work informs her writing.





* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
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