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The Gargoyle - by Andrew Davidson (Paperback)

The Gargoyle - by  Andrew Davidson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Already an international sensation, "The Gargoyle" is an extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br></b></p><p><b>The Gargoyle</b> the mesmerizing story of one man's descent into personal hell and his quest for salvation.</p><p>On a dark road in the middle of the night, a car plunges into a ravine. The driver survives the crash, but his injuries confine him to a hospital burn unit. There the mysterious Marianne Engel, a sculptress of grotesques, enters his life. She insists they were lovers in medieval Germany, when he was a mercenary and she was a scribe in the monastery of Engelthal. As she spins the story of their past lives together, the man's disbelief falters; soon, even the impossible can no longer be dismissed.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Spellbinding. . . . A page-turning adventure that will keep you reading well past bedtime." --<i>The Boston Globe</i>"An undeniably hot book. . . . It's as engrossing as it is gruesome, the kind of horror you watch with one eye closed. . . . A hell of a story." --<i>The Washington Post</i>"Take a deep breath and plunge into this novel. It's a tale of love and redemption told through Davidson's haunting prose. " --<i>USA Today</i>"A transportingly unhinged debut. . . . Vigorous and impressive." --<i>The New York Times</i> "Keeps the pages turning." --<i>The Plain Dealer</i> "Take a deep breath and plunge into this novel. It's a tale of love and redemption told through Davidson's haunting prose." --<i>USA Today</i> "Mr. Davidson skillfully assembles a centuries-old puzzle involving a series of fables of undying love. . . . The reader is kept guessing until the final pages." --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>"Mixes medical drama with medieval religious lore to explore the boundaries of faith and forgiveness. . . . Compelling." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> "Reads like the mad spawn of Anne Rice and Stephen King." --<i>Providence Journal </i> "Original and highly addictive. . . . Captivating. . . . An impressive, memorable debut." --<i>The Denver Post</i> "A story that sweeps us in with no protest. You want to be lost in its pages. . . . The real tragedy of this book is that it ends." --<i>Daily News</i>"Beguiling. . . . Mixing romance, classic allusion and reality, Davidson's debut is a bravura performance." --<i>Marie Claire</i>"I was blown away by Andrew Davidson's <b>The Gargoyle</b>. It reminded me of <i>Life of Pi</i>, with its unanswered (and unanswerable) contradictions. A hypnotic, horrifying, astonishing novel that manages, against all odds, to be redemptive." --Sara Gruen, author of <i>Water for Elephants</i>"<b>The Gargoyle</b> is purely and simply an amazement, a riot, a blast. It's hard to believe that this is Andrew Davidson's first novel: He barrels out of the chute with the narrative brio and confidence, not to mention the courage, of a seasoned master. This book plucks the reader off the ground and whirls her through the air until she shouts from sheer abandonment and joy. What a great, grand treat." --Peter Straub<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ANDREW DAVIDSON was born in Pinawa, Manitoba, and graduated in 1995 from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in English literature. He has worked as a teacher in Japan, where he has lived on and off, and as a writer of English lessons for Japanese Web sites. <i>The Gargoyle</i>, <i> </i>the product of seven years' worth of research and composition, is his first book. Davidson lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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