The Paris Express
20 March 2025Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything.
'Ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself' – Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of The Stars, Emma Donoghue takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on...
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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
Captivating! Emma Donoghue writes in rich, luxuriant detail, yet the story moves at a exhilarating clip. An edge-of-your-seat historical thriller that I couldn’t put downShelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
Wonderful. In exploring a little-remembered event in history, she manages to hold a mirror up to a whole society. An absorbing, panoramic, meticulously researched, lovingly peopled gem.Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black
