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Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks
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Paris Echo

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Length 9 hours 9 minutes
Language English
Narrators Elham Ehsas & Deborah McBride

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In the depths of the archive, Hannah dances with the ghosts of Vichy France, lost in testimony and a desire to hear the voices of the past. Back in her apartment, Moroccan teenager Tariq crashes on her sofa, consumed by his search for the mother he barely knew. Their excavations will unearth rich histories that will teach them both just how much the future is worth fighting for.

Paris Echo is a propulsive and haunting novel of empire and identity, told with biting wit and tenderness, which exposes the shadows of the city of lights.

'Superb' OBSERVER
'Cunningly crafted' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Faulks is doing what he does bestโ€™ SUNDAY TIMES


ยฉ Sebastian Faulks 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018

Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.

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Reviews

Superb... weaves winningly between the present and the second world war, between Tangiers and Paris. โ€˜[Paris Echo is] brimming with Faulksโ€™s deep affection for Paris. His outsiderโ€™s interest in quirky street names and quaint corners transports his readers there too. And in the end, the book is powered by his ambition to evoke that place, its ghostliness, those spectres of history, lurking around every beautiful avenue A brilliantly plotted and occasionally hallucinatory novel, in which the author's genius for literary ventriloquism is shown off to startling effect. Paris Echo doesnโ€™t disappointโ€ฆ Faulks is doing what he does best, marrying careful historical research with a good ear for dialogue [An] exquisite book... a deeply affecting, wholly unsolemn treatment of some of the 20th century's darkest moments. Expand reviews
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