DAN VYLETA is the son of Czech refugees who emigrated to Germany in the late 1960s. He holds a Ph.D. in history from King's College, Cambridge. Vyleta is the author of four novels, Smoke, Pavel & I, The Quiet Twin, which was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and The Crooked Maid, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the J.I. Segal Award. An inveterate migrant, Vyleta has lived in Germany, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. He currently resides in Stratford-upon-Avon in England.
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The electrifying sequel to the national bestseller Smoke - bringing back readers to a world that Entertainment Weekly called 'Part Dickens, part dystopia, and totally immersive.' The year is 1909. It has been ten years since Thomas Argyle, Charlie Coop... SEE MORE