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Song of the Slums
Author(s): Richard Harland (Author)
- Publisher: A&U Children
- Publication Date: 1 May 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 1743310056
- ISBN-13: 9781743310052
Book Description
What if they’d invented rock ‘n roll way back in the 19th century? What if it could take over the world and change the course of history?In the slums of Brummingham, the outcast gangs are making a new kind of music, with pounding rhythms and wild guitars. Astor Vance has been trained in refined classical music. But when her life plummets from riches to rags, the only way she can survive is to play the music the slum gangs want.Charismatic Verrol, once her servant, is now her partner in crime.and he could be so much more if only he’d come clean about his mysterious past.’I loved the music, the syncopated rhythm, the dark, smoky atmosphere, the call to arms, the love story.this is gaslight fantasy at its best.’ Kate Forsyth
Editorial Reviews
Review
“. . . Australian author Harland’s gaslight romance remains engaging and will hold readers’ attention to its suspenseful end.” —Booklist
“This is gaslight fantasy at its best.” –Kate Forsyth, author,
The Tower of RavensAbout the Author
Richard Harland was born In England and migrated to Australia at the age of 22. He spent many years as a singer/songwriter and many more years as a lecturer at Wollongong University before finally overcoming writer’s block and finishing his first novel in 1993.
He resigned to become a full-time writer in 1997, and has been busy ever since producing fantasy, steampunk, SF and horror fiction for all ages. He has won six Aurealis Awards in Australia and the prestigious Tam Tam Je Bouquine Award in France.
