Bradley’s most recent novel is The Buried Ark, the second in his dystopian YA trilogy which began with The Silent Invasion and will finish in 2019 with the publication of The Vastness of Stars.īradley’s first published words were poems, with Southerly Journal and then ultimately in his own collection Paper Nautilus, published by Five Islands Press. Bradley has also published poetry and essays, edited anthologies and is widely published as a critic, with reviews and articles appearing regularly in Australian newspapers and magazines. Bradley’s novels, including Wrack, The Resurrectionist and Clade have been published internationally and have won or been shortlisted for a number of major Australian literary awards, including The Age Fiction Book of the Year, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (SE Asia and Pacific Region), the Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award, the Aurealis Best Novel Award (Science Fiction category). Born in Adelaide, he trained as a lawyer before becoming a writer. But as becomes clear when he falls in love with one of his pupils, no one may escape their past forever, and the worst prisons are often those we make for ourselves.Dark, frightening, but utterly mesmerising, The Resurrectionist is a spellbinding gothic thriller and a triumphant follow-up to James Bradley's internationally-acclaimed novels Wrack and The Deep Field.James Bradley is novelist and critic based in Sydney. Dismissed by his master, Gabriel descends into the violence and corruption of London's underworld, a place where everything and everyone is for sale, and where - as Gabriel discovers - the taking of a life is easier than it might seem.Ten years later, another man teaches art in the penal colony of New South Wales, his spare time spent trapping and painting birds. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. The Richard & Judy 2008 Summer read selection updated edition.London, 1826: Gabriel Swift has left behind his father's failures to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city's anatomists.

The Resurrectionist by James Bradley