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    "annotation": "<p><strong><strong>An astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London</strong>&nbsp;<br /></strong><span></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong><br /><span>London, 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he is introduced to the drawing-rooms of high society, and finds love in an unexpected quarter. Then, suddenly, he vanishes without a trace. Unnerved, his sister, Charlotte, sets out from their crumbling country estate determined to find him. In the sinister, labyrinthine city that greets her, she uncovers a secret world at the margins populated by unforgettable characters: a female rope walker turned vigilante, a street urchin with a deadly secret, and the chilling &ldquo;Doctor Knife.&rdquo; But the answer to her brother&rsquo;s disappearance ultimately lies within the doors of one of the country&rsquo;s preeminent and mysterious institutions: The Aegolius Club, whose members include the most ambitious, and most dangerous, men in England.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>In her first novel, Lauren Owen has created a fantastical world that is both beguiling and terrifying.&nbsp;</span><em>The Quick</em><span>&nbsp;will establish her as one of fiction&rsquo;s most dazzling talents.</span></p>",
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