The Raking Light
Imogen Thorne · A dark academia study in wax, ambition and deceit
If you liked The Secret History, start here.
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About this book
Every wax figure bears its maker’s thumbprint; under the right light, each one is still quietly telling on somebody.
At Ashgrove College, a clandestine atelier casts the dead in wax exactly as they died, under one absolute rule: a figure must not lie. Gregory Lang enters on a borrowed biography and proves unnervingly adept at making false wax pass for truth. To leave, Gregory must attempt one honest pour—and pay with everything his talent for deception has won.
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- Imogen Thorne
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- 66,170 words
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- 4 hours, 25 minutes
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