Rapier-sharp, witty, intriguing and mysterious: a new novel from Peter Ackroyd, set in 1960s London

"A camp clever tour de force. an alternative autobiography, a ghost story and a murder mystery all in one slim volume. Brilliant. the quintessence of Ackroyd" Sunday Telegraph "A book full of rich and sudden moments of delight" The Scotsman "Harking back to Dickens... London is a major character in the novel. In Ackroyd's accomplished hands the city becomes a mystical place, where visions abound. Highly recommended." Daily Mail

Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning novelist, broadcaster, biographer, poet and historian. His novel Hawksmoor won both the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Novel Award. His fiction includes The Lambs of London, The Clerkenwell Tales, Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem and, most recently, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers, Thames: Sacred River and London: The Biography. He lives in London, and holds a CBE for services to literature.