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Fantasy

Nonesuch

by Francis Spufford
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Description

It's the summer of 1939, and the air in London is thick with the tension of impending war. Iris Hawkins, a fiery young financial secretary, has a chance encounter with Geoff, a genius engineer from the new technology of television. What was supposed to be one night of abandon draws her instead into a nightmare of otherworldly pursuit - into a reality where time bends, spirits can be summoned, and history hangs by a thread. Soon there are Nazi planes droning overhead. In a time when death falls randomly from above each night, when the streets are darker than the wildest forest and all the men are away in uniform, the defense of the city is in the hands of its women. But Iris has more to contend with than just the terrors of the Blitz. Over the rooftops of burning London, in the twisted passages between past and present, through the vast night sky and across the tiny screens of early television, a fascist fanatic is travelling with a gun in her hand, and only Iris can stop her from altering the course of history forever.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatWar-Torn
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
February 24, 2026
Pages
496
Reading time
About 10 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN
9781668214374
Series
Standalone

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