The house of rumour
The house of rumourJake Arnott
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The house of rumour (2012)

Jake Arnott

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

Larry Zagorski, a science fiction writer turned U.S. fighter pilot, searches for connections between what seem like disparate events while conspiracy theories begin to suggest the possibility of a single force behind them in this novel that mixes real-life figures with fictional characters as it moves briskly from WW II spy intrigue (featuring Ian Fleming) and occultism to the West Coast pulp science-fiction set and the 1980s U.K. new wave music scene.

ISBN:
9780544077799
Length:
416 pages

Genres: historical fiction

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