Book description
New Directions is proud to present one of the most spellbinding novels you will read this year, and certainly the weirdest.
First published in 1931, Unclay glows with an unworldly light-Death has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local…
Why read it?
1 author picked Unclay as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Unclay is unlike anything I've ever read before. The language is original and fresh and rich and the milieu of the book a place that is our earth, but then again not. There's a magic undercurrent to the story that makes it a pure delight.
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