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Set over a single day, The Paris Express sees the morning train traveling from the Normandy coast to the capital with men and women from all over the world in the passenger cars. Unbeknownst to them the train was about to overrun the station, crash through the wall, and fall into the street below . . .
Based on an 1895 catastrophe that was captured in a series of surreal photographs, The Paris Express is a taut, suspenseful, and thrilling ride and a literary masterpiece of historical fiction that reimagines this French railway disaster with a tale full of politics, fears, and the chaos of an era not unlike our own.
“Captivating! Emma Donoghue writes in rich, luxuriant detail, yet the story moves at a exhilarating clip. The Paris Express brings big questions about human interconnectedness into an edge-of-your-seat historical thriller." -- Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures