Meet Quark, a giant of a man carrying scars literally and figuratively, on his
return to Bellfairie, as he searches for his father and clues to his mother's
mysterious death. But no one goes to Bellfairie on purpose, it's always a
wrong turn in someone's life. As Quark will soon learn.
Like Frankenstein's monster, The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a vibrant,
emotional and humane amalgam. A fantastical crime mystery with a soupçon
of magic that brings to mind not only Shelley's creation but A Confederacy of
Dunces in its exploration of flawed and tragic characters.
"Fans of M. Rickert's singular blend of the mundane and the monstrous will be drawn
deep into the briny, haunted world of Bellfairie."
- Sofia Samatar, Author of A Stranger in Olondria, and Tender
"The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert is a powerful evocation of an imaginary
place, both magical and mundane; the tribulations of a good-hearted hapless giant;
and a compelling mystery. Dark and humorous and deep."
- Jeffrey Ford, Author of Big Dark Hole
"Awash in sea rain, ghosts and the stories they trail, the sound of submerged bells
from offshore (or their echo, or their memory), Bellfairie and its denizens are M.
Rickert creations through and through-meaning magical, mournful, mysterious,
profoundly human."
- Glen Hirshberg, Author of The Motherless Children Trilogy
"The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a dark, dream-like, psychologically astute novel about
the outsider as threat and victim, about the power of crowds, and the betrayal of
innocence, replete with uncanny secrets, signs, and symbols that echo and
reverberate, intimations of an unseen, sublunary world."
Genre: Mystery
return to Bellfairie, as he searches for his father and clues to his mother's
mysterious death. But no one goes to Bellfairie on purpose, it's always a
wrong turn in someone's life. As Quark will soon learn.
Like Frankenstein's monster, The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a vibrant,
emotional and humane amalgam. A fantastical crime mystery with a soupçon
of magic that brings to mind not only Shelley's creation but A Confederacy of
Dunces in its exploration of flawed and tragic characters.
"Fans of M. Rickert's singular blend of the mundane and the monstrous will be drawn
deep into the briny, haunted world of Bellfairie."
- Sofia Samatar, Author of A Stranger in Olondria, and Tender
"The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert is a powerful evocation of an imaginary
place, both magical and mundane; the tribulations of a good-hearted hapless giant;
and a compelling mystery. Dark and humorous and deep."
- Jeffrey Ford, Author of Big Dark Hole
"Awash in sea rain, ghosts and the stories they trail, the sound of submerged bells
from offshore (or their echo, or their memory), Bellfairie and its denizens are M.
Rickert creations through and through-meaning magical, mournful, mysterious,
profoundly human."
- Glen Hirshberg, Author of The Motherless Children Trilogy
"The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie is a dark, dream-like, psychologically astute novel about
the outsider as threat and victim, about the power of crowds, and the betrayal of
innocence, replete with uncanny secrets, signs, and symbols that echo and
reverberate, intimations of an unseen, sublunary world."
Genre: Mystery
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