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There were some very good novels this year, but they came from surprising directions. It is astonishing that one as original as Kate Barker-Mawjee’s The Coldest Place on Earth (Conrad Press, £9.99) couldn’t find a major publisher. A friend recommended this wonderfully controlled and evocatively written novel about a heart coming to life in the depths of Siberia. Philip Hensher – The Spectator. --- A sad tale’s best for winter, and tales don’t come more wintry than Kate Barker-Mawjee’s debut novel The Coldest Place on Earth (Conrad Press, £9.99), set in a remote Siberian town whose only claim to fame is its record-breaking sub-zero temperatures. These are regularly reported to Moscow from its weather station by Irina, the manager of the local motel, who is trapped in a marriage as frozen and failing as the town itself. This may sound forbiddingly bleak, but Irina’s fears and dreams are so vividly evoked that I found the book unputdownable and unforgettable. Francis Wheen – The Spectator.

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      Publisher: The Conrad Press
      Publication Date: 23/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9781914913525, 978-1914913525
      ISBN10: 1914913523
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      There were some very good novels this year, but they came from surprising directions. It is astonishing that one as original as Kate Barker-Mawjee’s The Coldest Place on Earth (Conrad Press, £9.99) couldn’t find a major publisher. A friend recommended this wonderfully controlled and evocatively written novel about a heart coming to life in the depths of Siberia. Philip Hensher – The Spectator. --- A sad tale’s best for winter, and tales don’t come more wintry than Kate Barker-Mawjee’s debut novel The Coldest Place on Earth (Conrad Press, £9.99), set in a remote Siberian town whose only claim to fame is its record-breaking sub-zero temperatures. These are regularly reported to Moscow from its weather station by Irina, the manager of the local motel, who is trapped in a marriage as frozen and failing as the town itself. This may sound forbiddingly bleak, but Irina’s fears and dreams are so vividly evoked that I found the book unputdownable and unforgettable. Francis Wheen – The Spectator.

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