The Moor's Last SighMoraes 'Moor' Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route that takes him from India to Spain, he spins his labyrinthine family tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds. But does the India of his parents populated by extravagant artists, piratical gatekeepers and mysterious lost paintings still

an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected

headstrong daughter

he trades in conspiracy - with SS renegades

I loved it Anna Mazzola

a thread to follow

and most importantly

and in the darkness behind the scenes

' Lock turned away and laboured on

Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut

And in the process

he plans to sell Meilin for her dowry instead - but when she discovers that her husband-to-be is violent and ill-tempered

until a chance encounter with Madame de Flamanville