Claire North. (2017). The End of the Day. Orbit.

Claire North. 2017. The End of the Day. Orbit.

Claire North, The End of the Day. Orbit, 2017.

Claire North. The End of the Day. Orbit, 2017.

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   • bioText: Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose first book was written when she was just fourteen years old. She went on to write several other novels in various genres, before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, in 2014. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and an Audie nomination, and was included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Her next novel, Touch, was also in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year, in 2015. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting. She lives in London.
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A novel about life and death and a quest for moral purpose, by the acclaimed author of word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
"Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful." — Kirkus
"Funny, ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache." — Sunday Times
Sooner or later, Death visits everyone. Before that, they meet Charlie: the Harbinger.
Sometimes he comes as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. Either way, this will be the most important meeting of your life.
But who will come for Charlie?
"A fascinating exploration of what makes us human — and a riveting journey through life, and death." — The Bookbag
"Reaffirms the passion and ambition that have made North such a consistently intriguing writer." — Locus

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   • source: Library Journal (starred review) on The End of the Day
   • content: A beautiful, if occasionally uncomfortable, read that resists being labeled with any particular genre.
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   • source: Kirkus on The End of the Day
   • content: Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful. North is a writer to watch.
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   • source: The Bookbag on The End of the Day
   • content: Thrilling and moving, The End of the Day is a fascinating exploration of what makes us human — and a riveting journey through life, and death.
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   • source: SciFiNow on The End of the Day
   • content: [Claire's] writing is poetic and accessible, imaginative and jam-packed full of knowledge . . . making The End of the Day a thoroughly engaging and astute read from start to finish
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   • source: Locus on The End of the Day
   • content: North is [a] consistently intriguing writer.
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   • source: Booklist (Starred Review) on The Sudden Appearance of Hope
   • content: Beautifully written, with a protagonist who is both tragic and heroic, the novel is remarkably powerful and deeply memorable, the latest in a string of terrific books from this newly emerged star in the genre-blending universe.
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   • source: New York Times on The Sudden Appearance of Hope
   • content: North has established a reputation for tense, dense, science fiction/fantasy-inflected thrillers that defy facile explanations... Simultaneously a tense conspiracy caper, a haunting meditation on loneliness and a brutally cynical examination of modern media... Well-paced, brilliant and balanced.
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   • source: C. L. Taylor, author of The Accident on Touch
   • content: Touch is a story within a story within a story and it's one of the cleverest, most compelling books I've read in a long time. The intoxicating voice, ingenious premise and intricate plot will have readers clamoring for a copy. Touch has bestseller written all over it and Claire North is one hell of a writer.
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   • source: James Dashner, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Maze Runner on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
   • content: I don't say this lightly but The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is one of the top ten books I've ever read.
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    • source: M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
    • content: An astonishing re-invention of the time travel narrative. Bold, magical and masterful.
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    • source: Booklist (Starred Review) on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
    • content: Wonderful novel...held together by a compelling mystery involving nothing less than the end of the world itself. Beautifully written and structured...a remarkable book.
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    • source: io9 on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
    • content: A masterful literary thriller.
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      January 15, 2017
      An absorbing story about the end of the world--or the ends of many worlds.Charlie is the Harbinger of Death. Death used to use eagles for the job but says "one must move with the times" and has been using humans for a few thousand years. Charlie doesn't actually see anyone die; he goes to them beforehand--his appearance is sometimes a mark of respect, sometimes a warning. Sometimes he visits an individual, sometimes he goes to see the end of a way of life, like the last person who speaks a language. Charlie's story unfolds in a series of impressions. He travels, he drops into vivid, fascinating, emotionally compelling lives, and then he moves on. People react strongly to his appearance--some are angry, some attempt to negotiate, some simply accept. Meanwhile, his employer, Death, the other three Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and their Harbingers travel the world as well, observing the way it's changing. And every now and then, a sort of Greek chorus of voices chimes in, expressing the noisy still-aliveness of this changing world. There's an apocalypse here, but it's a messy one, happening in fits and starts, everywhere all at once. The book suffers from the lack of a conventional plot--it's episodic and impressionistic, never straightforward--but it gradually works its magic on the reader. North (Touch, 2015, etc.) is a strong writer, and Charlie's journey has real emotional power. Readers who can handle the unconventional structure will find this book wholly original and hauntingly beautiful. North is a writer to watch.

      COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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      Starred review from March 15, 2017
      

      We meet Charlie as he takes on a new job as a Harbinger of Death, which--he is quick to remind the people he visits--just means that he is the one who comes before the end. Sometimes he is sent as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. He likes the job, but he journeys to some dangerous places, and his targets are not always happy to see him. Around the narrative of Charlie and his attempts to perform his duty, North (The Sudden Appearance of Hope) inserts random snatches of conversation and emotion that are sometimes disturbing, brutally mundane, and detail the activities of the Harbingers of War, Pestilence, and Famine. At first, it's not easy to see the purpose of these snippets, but the thread that pulls readers through is Charlie, who is remarkably willing to go with the flow. He visits brutal despots and blameless children, and tries to be what they need, whether it be confessor or witness. VERDICT This is a beautiful, if occasionally uncomfortable, read that resists being labeled with any particular genre. [See Prepub Alert, 10/31/16.]--MM

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful." — Kirkus
"Funny, ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache." — Sunday Times
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Sometimes he comes as a courtesy, sometimes as a warning. Either way, this will be the most important meeting of your life.
But who will come for Charlie?
"A fascinating exploration of what makes us human — and a riveting journey through life, and death." — The Bookbag
"Reaffirms the passion and ambition that have made North such a consistently intriguing writer." — Locus

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