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Publisher: Vine Leaves Press (28 May 2024)
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Language: English
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Paperback: 268 pages
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ISBN-10: 3988320633
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ISBN-13: 978-3988320636
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Dimensions: 13.97 x 1.7 x 21.59 cm
The Sparkler
Charles Dickens is a newly famous author and a man who has only just married. He thinks that he is about to become a father.
Why, then, does he go wandering London after dark and why, under the influence of a famous clown, does he begin an affair with Sarah, a barmaid who works in a North London pub?
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While his own descriptions of sex barely exist, he becomes immersed in an affair so all-consuming that his life begins to fall apart. He takes to drink, he develops a liking for rough company, he even steals a necklace. Where will it end?
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During a Christmas entertainment held in his own house, Dickens, Sarah, and his wife edge towards a confrontation that has the potential to ruin him for ever.