The Mannequin Makers

Description: Excitement is rare in the small town of Marumaru, New Zealand. So when a young Maori man arrives on the morning train one day in 1903—announcing the imminent visit of a famous strongman—the entire town turns out to greet him, save one. Colton Kemp, a department store window-dresser, is at home, watching his beloved wife die in premature childbirth. Tormented by grief, he hatches a plan to make his name and thwart his rival, the silent and gifted Carpenter: over the next sixteen years he will raise his newborn twins in secrecy and isolation, to become human mannequins in the world’s most lifelike window display.

Author: Cliff, Craig

Publisher: Melville House UK

Publication Date: 06.06.2019

BIC: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Weight(g): 344

Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 29

Pagination: 336 pages