The information about The Essex Serpent shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks. Her first novel, After Me Comes the Flood, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Folio Prize. Sarah Perry's historical novel The Essex Serpent was today named as Waterstones's Book of the Year – but does it live up to the hype? ^^ Keen to unearth the truth about this Essex Serpent, she meets the locals and finds herself taken by William Ransome, the local vicar, of whom she expected to dislike. What the book club wanted to ask was Why?and How? The Essex Serpent is her American debut. Serpent’s Tail £14.99 (pp. -- Alex Preston * FT * -- Alex Preston * FT * The Essex Serpent is frightfully good. Ford Madox Ford thought the glory of the novel was its ability to make the reader think and feel at the same time. -- John Burnside A big, warm, generous novel that wears its considerable wisdom lightly, The Essex Serpent is an absolute pleasure from start to finish - I truly didn't want it to end. While admiring the sites, Cora learns of an intriguing rumor that has arisen further up the estuary, of a fearsome creature said to roam the marshes claiming human lives. Joanna and Naomi become friends again and they go walking along the beach where they hear the same grinding as Mr. Banks and Francis. The Essex Serpent is a wonderfully satisfying novel. The Essex Serpent is a wonderfully satisfying novel. Joanna runs to tell Will what lay behind the mystery of the Essex serpent and he comes to look. Sarah Perry's award-winning novel, set at the end of the nineteenth century and inspired by true events. Moving between Essex and London, myth and modernity, Cora Seaborne's spirited search for the Essex Serpent encourages all around her to test their allegiance to faith or reason in an age of rapid scientific advancement. Both are intrigued with each other and find a friendship they would not have believed possible, had it not been for The Essex Serpent bringing them together. The Essex Serpent A Novel (Book) : Perry, Sarah : "Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016." Ford Madox Ford thought the glory of the novel was its ability to make the reader think and feel at the same time. This one does just that." Told with exquisite grace and intelligence, The Essex Serpent masterfully explores questions of science and religion, skepticism and faith, but it is most of all a celebration of love, and the many different--and surprising--guises it can take. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry review – a compulsive novel of ideas ... To order The Essex Serpent for £11.99 (RRP £14.99) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. … 418) Sarah Perry’s new novel The Essex Serpent is a thing of beauty inside and out. At once numinous, intimate and wise, The Essex Serpent is a marvelous novel about the workings of life, love and belief, about science and religion, secrets, mysteries, and the complicated and unexpected shifts of the … In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. had this book received such high praise. The Essex Serpent was an exciting choice for our book club's August read., or so we thought having read the reviews, the glowing reviews I might add. She lives in Norwich. - Ford Madox Ford thought the glory of the novel was … Sarah Perry was born in Essex in 1979. They are afraid and think it's the serpent, however, they go closer and see that it is just Mr. Bank's old boat. After nearly 300 years, the mythical Essex Serpent is said to have returned, taking the life of a young man on New Year’s Eve. The Essex Serpent is shot through with such a vivid, lively sense of the period that it reads like Charles Dickens at his most accessible and fans of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell will also find much to love in this engaging, entertaining Gothic novel.