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Children of Paradise by Camilla (author) Grudova is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Following Camilla Grudova's critically acclaimed The Doll's Alphabet, this surreal, discomforting debut novel charts the fates of a ragtag group of cinema workers who are spat out by corporate takeover."An immersive, hallucinatory read set in a crumbling old cinema where the real & the imagined collide in fantastical fashion." – Irenosen Okojie, Judge, Women's Prize for FictionWhen Holly applies for a job at the Paradise - one of the city's oldest cinemas, squashed into the ground floor of a block of flats - she thinks it will be like any other shift work. She cleans toilets, sweeps popcorn, avoids the belligerent old owner, Iris, & is ignored by her aloof but tight-knit colleagues who seem as much a part of the building as its fraying carpets & endless dirt. Dreadful, lonely weeks pass while she longs for their approval, a silent voyeur. So when she finally gains the trust of this cryptic band of oddballs, Holly transforms from silent drudge to rebellious insider & gradually she too becomes part of the Paradise - unearthing its secrets, learning its history & haunting its corridors after hours with the other ushers. It is no surprise when violence strikes, tempers change and the g

Who reads Children of Paradise?

Author

Camilla (author) Grudova

Publisher

Atlantic Books, Limited

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781838956349

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.36 / 5 (168 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14