In fin-de-siecle Copenhagen, part-time prostitute Charlotte and her lumpen sidekick, Fru Schleswig, have taken on jobs as cleaning ladies of dubious talent to tide them over the harsh winter of 1897. But the home of their neurotic new employer, the widow Krak, soon reveals itself to be riddled with dark secrets - including the existence of a demonic machine rumoured to swallow people alive. Rudely catapulted into twenty-first-century London, the hapless duo discover a whole new world of glass, labour-saving devices and hectic, impossible romance.

Louis Drax is currently in development with Anthony Minghella's production company

About the Author
Liz Jensen is the author of Egg Dancing (longlisted for the Orange Prize), Ark Baby (shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Orange Prize), The Paper Eater, War Crimes for the Home (longlisted for the Orange Prize), and The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, currently in development as a major motion picture by Anthony Minghella. She divides her time between Copenhagen and London.

Reviews
'Unashamedly gleeful: a kind of topsy-turvy Jane Eyre with added time travel ... Sit back, suspend your disbelief, and enjoy' Daily Mail 'Less science fiction than fairy tale, it is also a love story, complete with many dramatic reversals of fortune and narrated in appealingly breathless, energetic style ... Jensen is a consistently inventive writer' Sunday Telegraph 'This sweetly entertaining story is enough on the magical side of realism to allow love, for once, to conquer all' Sunday Times 'Captivating ... There are moments of genius ... Packed with charm and energy, this is definitely worth taking the, er, time to read' Time Out



Book Information
ISBN 9780747585930
Author Liz Jensen
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm