· Graham Joyce's books include The Facts of Life, which won the World Fantasy Award, Smoking Poppy, Indigo (a New York Times Notable Book of ) and The Tooth Fairy. He is a four-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award and winner of the French Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. He lives in Leicester, England, with his wife and two children/5(32). · Find Smoking Poppy by Joyce, Graham at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Smoking Poppy is without doubt Graham's finest novel to date, which is a telling statement for an author that has already won four British Fantasy Awards, a Booker .
Graham Joyce's Smoking Poppy opens with Danny Innes desperately wanting Charlie back. The Charlie he craves is, it turns out, his daughter and not a Category A drug, but the fact that the Charlie in question (Danny's daughter) is in a Thai jail on drug charges makes you wonder why one of the main characters in this wonderfully tense and. Buy a cheap copy of Smoking Poppy book by Graham Joyce. Graham Joyce travels to an enthralling, suspense-charged landscape in this hallucinatory novel of a father's quest to save his daughter -- without destroying Free shipping over $ Smoking Poppy: A Novel by Graham Joyce. Pocket Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library.
Smoking Poppy is not marketed as a fantasy, or even as 'magic realism', but rather as a straightforward novel about a man seeking his daughter, supposedly under arrest in Thailand for smuggling drugs. But this is Graham Joyce, so that's only the start of it. Joyce's protagonist speaks in his own voice, as an ordinary working-class. In SMOKING POPPY, Graham Joyce has done an excellent job of handling both the psychological and spiritual issues mysteriously yet honestly. This book is a striking portrayal of a father's unconditional love for his children (and his children's unfailing desire to protect him). Find Smoking Poppy by Joyce, Graham at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.
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