Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.
This is a genuinely thought-provoking piece of fiction. You could
devour it in a day and be wholly transported into the near future,
then set it back down, dazed but enlightened, in the present day
where you will see the world anew in all its wonders and
frailties
*The Times*
A stunning novel: profoundly moving, deeply unsettling,
thought-provoking and prescient but also a wonderful and
life-affirming love story too
*James Holland*
Once I had started I literally could not stop. It really is his
greatest novel yet, and of course beautifully written in that
wonderful, understated style
*Antony Beevor*
Faulks is one of the most original and compelling writers in the
world. This enthralling novel is right up there among his very
finest work
*Peter James*
A completely fascinating and extraordinary novel. A profound and
moving examination of our complex human nature
*William Boyd*
A beautifully written novel. On the one hand you have love,
kindness, responsibility; on the other monstrous arrogance and
indifference to consequences
*The Scotsman*
Brilliant, original and unputdownable. An absolute cracker
*Peter Frankopan*
Brilliant
*Matthew Parker*
This elegant near-future novel about a daring scientific experiment
explores the evolution of consciousness… Faulks is an enviably
graceful and economical writer. The early chapters of the book rip
along with clarity and elegance. He conjures up the various worlds,
brings the central characters vividly to life and keeps the story
moving intriguingly forward
*Guardian*
A high-concept page-turner… Pitched somewhere between Michael
Crichton and Ian McEwan, it’s a timely meditation on the whims of
rich tycoon
*Mail on Sunday*
Sebastian Faulks’s latest novel is a tender, haunting exploration
of the power of technology to alter our understanding of what it
means to be human.
*Daily Mail*
Engaging and thought-provoking … The Seventh Son straddles two
worlds, encompassing the distant past as well as the future. In so
doing, Faulks asks difficult questions about who and what we are,
and whether we could ever justifiably alter our genes to remove the
worst of our defects
*Herald*
Thought-provoking and chilling
*I Paper*
Fabulously compelling… a provocative, poignant and disturbing
examination of what it is to be human… Who says a novel of ideas
can’t be as thrilling as a holiday beach read? The Birdsong
author’s novels invariably examine big, bold ideas yet are
beautifully told with a gossamer light touch. The Seventh Son is no
exception
*Express*
A resonant hint of Frankenstein’s wretched monster about Seth who,
functional, capable and literate as he is, stands at the book’s
emotional centre, desperate for a companionship he can never
find
*Daily Mail*
Cutting-edge science and big, meaty ideas aside, it’s the minute
details of everyday life and the bursting-from-the-page characters
that make this thought-provoking novel come alive
*The Times*
Sebastian Faulks has long been a novelist much occupied with ideas,
especially scientific and medical ones, while contriving to marry
this to a strong plot and credible characters . . . gripping,
horribly persuasive and sad
*The Scotsman*
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