The Paris Express
20 March 2025Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'Clever, ambitious . . . a smartly structured novel that ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself' – Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
It is 1895. A high-speed steam train is the emblem of progress. Industry and invention are creating ever greater wealth and poverty. One autumn day an anarchist boards the Granville...
Details
20 March 2025288 pages
9781035057269Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Clever, ambitious, and richly researched. A slice of 1890s Paris that makes us see that our modern problems aren’t so modern after all! The Paris Express is a smartly structured novel that ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the doomed train itself.Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
Donoghue's talents are at such glorious heights in this novelHeather O'Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams
