Harcourt, Inc.
Available: 09/29/06
5.31 x 8 · 368 pages
978-0-15-603088-5
CDN $15.95 · pb

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The Great Stink

A Novel of Corruption and Murder Beneath the Streets of Victorian London

Clare Clark

The Great Stink was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Book Sense Notable Book and a 2005 Washington Post Best Book.

The critically acclaimed The Great Stink “reeks of talent” (Washington Post Book World) as it vividly brings to life the dark and mysterious underworld of Victorian London. Set in 1855, it tells the story of William May, an engineer who has returned home to London from the horrors of the Crimean War. When he secures a job transforming the city’s sewer system, he believes that he will be able to find salvation in the subterranean world beneath the city. But the peace of the tunnels is shattered by a murder, and William is implicated as the killer.

With richly atmospheric prose, The Great Stink combines fact and fiction to transport readers into London’s putrid past and marks the debut of a remarkably talented writer in the tradition of the very best historical novelists.

Clare Clark lives in London. The Great Stink is her first novel.