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A boy drowns in the sewers of Victorian London... His death leads to the orphaning of his surviving brothers, Arthur and Silas, in a grim Dickensian underworld. Overcoming the odds, the brothers' fates shift from grinding poverty to reversals of fortune that play out in conflicting and emotional ways. Which of them will make the right decision for their future, and at what cost? Painting vivid images of destitution, family ties, the dignity of work, and social responsibility, The Midnight Mechanic explores a man's relentless pursuit to better himself, to escape the muck and make amends, while raising pressing environmental issues that are still pertinent today.

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"""An unflinching depiction of 19th century London, and a vividly evoked and fast-moving tale of promises kept-and-broken, brotherly love, and fortitude."" Virginia Baily, winner of the McKitterick Prize, and author of the Sunday Times Bestseller, Early One Morning ""The Midnight Mechanic is a pacy, Dickensian foray into the sewers of Victorian London. Brown's hardscrabble characters carry a heady ponk of corruption and unbridled ambition, ultimately revealing humanity's wormlike striving for sunlight above soil. With its rival brothers, industry bosses, and double-crossing gangsters, Brown has created a weird, dirty, wild world."" Rob Magnuson Smith, author of Seaweed Rising and Scorper. Winner of the Faulkner-Wisdom gold medal for fiction, and the international Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize ""The Midnight Mechanic is both vividly original and scrupulously researched. Andy Brown recreates a little known but fascinating segment of London's Dickensian past, imbuing it with clear implications for our present environmental concerns."" Vesna Goldsworthy, FRSL, author of Gorsky, Monsieur Ka, and Iron Curtain"

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