![]() ![]() Right now.' Patrick Ness A Face Like Glass is an astonishing and imaginative novel from the Costa Award winning author of The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge. ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Right now.' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls. And that makes her very dangerous indeed. For Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. ![]() Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show joy, despair or fear – at a price. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare – wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. ![]() A Face Like Glass is an astonishing and imaginative novel from the Costa Award winning author of The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge. ![]()
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