Alva & Irva: The Twins Who Saved a City

8vo. Pp. [xii], 279, [1, blank]. Pictorial wraps.

Author's second novel. One half of identical twin sisters who live in the imaginary city of Entralla, longs to see the world but cannot bring herself to part from her reclusive sibling.

Inspired by Diane Arbus's astonishing photographs of twins, as well as his grandmother and her identical twin, the author spent many weeks constructing a miniature clay model of the city, in order to "better understand them and their obsession". A modern fairytale by the author of the critically acclaimed Observatory Mansions, one of three finalists for Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" Award. "Edward Carey has an imagination of tremendous range and power." –Patrick McGrath