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Vox: The bestselling gripping dystopian debut of 2018 that everyone’s talking about!
Christina Dalcher
‘This book will blow your mind.’ PRIMA‘Intelligent, suspenseful, provocative, and intensely disturbing – everything a great novel should be.’ LEE CHILD‘A novel ripe for the era of #MeToo.’ VANITY FAIR‘Thought-provoking and set to dominate dinner party chats.’ COSMOPOLITAN‘A dazzling debut.’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘A truly compulsive novel.’ STYLIST‘Thought-provoking and thrilling. I was left speechless!’ WOMAN & HOME‘The book of the moment!’ MARIE CLAIRE‘A fast-paced, twisting thriller that left me speechless.’ DAILY MAIL Silence can be deafening.Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins.Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you’re a woman.Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and seventy million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young girls are no longer taught to read or write.For herself, her daughter, and for every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. This is only the beginning…
CHRISTINA DALCHER earned her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University, specializing in the phonetics of sound change in Italian and British dialects. She and her husband split their time between the American South and Naples, Italy. VOX is her debut novel.
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Ebook Edition © August 2018 ISBN: 9780008300654
‘VOX is intelligent, suspenseful, provocative, and intensely disturbing – everything a great novel should be.’
Lee Child
‘A petrifying re-imagining of The Handmaid’s Tale in the present, and a timely reminder of the power and importance of language.’
Marta Bausells, ELLE
‘This book will blow your mind. The Handmaid’s Tale meets Only Ever Yours meets The Power. Read it and shout about it in more than 100 words if you need to.’
Nina Pottell, PRIMA
‘A novel ripe for the era of #MeToo.’
Vanity Fair
‘A bold, brilliant and unforgettable debut.’
Alice Feeney
‘A truly compulsive novel.’
Stylist
‘Thought-provoking and thrilling. I was left speechless!’
Woman & Home
‘Any woman who has ever been shamed into silence will recognise the terrifying vista so vividly portrayed in VOX.’
Roisin Ingle, The Irish Times Women’s Podcast
‘A disturbingly prescient cautionary tale. It will also get under your skin and make you extremely angry, regardless of your gender.’
Starburst Magazine
‘My favourite book of the year so far…’
Lisa Hall
‘Chilling and gripping — a real page-turner.’
Karen Cleveland
In memory of Charlie Jones
linguist, professor, friend
Contents
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