Act of Oblivion: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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An absolutely stunning historical novel and a ripping crime thriller at the same time. I've been recommending it far and wide and buying it for people for Christmas! Dead Good Harris delivers a gripping, well-paced tale rich in color, suspense and adventure.”— Minneapolis Star Tribune

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A masterclass in storytelling, so enthralling that if you'd disembowelled me whilst I was reading this book I doubt I'd have noticed! Daily Express Act Of Oblivion. . . marriespainstaking researchwithvivid historical recreationand leaps of imagination." — Daily Express Harris, deft as ever, weaves a hefty amount of historical fact into the narrative—politics, religion, colonial life, family ties—as well as themes of forgiveness and reconciliation.”— New Statesman Three cheers for Robert Harris,an author who can always be relied uponto serve up novels that perfectly balance intellectual heft with pulse-raising entertainment." — The Daily Mail

This is a novel that asks big historical questions. You could read it as a pure thriller, and it is one of Harris's most compellingly paced to date. You could read it as a piece of intelligent historical immersion. I think it is more; I think it is his best novel since Fatherland. Sunday Times You could read this as a pure thriller, and it is one of Harris’s most compellingly placed to date. You could read it as a piece of intelligent historical immersion. I think it is more; I think it is his best since Fatherland.”— Sunday Times

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Robert Harris is] writing fiction, but he treats the few available facts and the more plausible theories with respect, and skillfully extrapolates from them. . . . Harris underpins [ Act of Oblivion] with substantial research and writes inunobtrusively effective prose. . . . This is Harrisat his best, which is very good indeed." — The GuardianThe joy is in the vivid re-creation of 17th Century England and America and in the sly parallels with today that Harris teases out Mail on Sunday