# The Physiognomy

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- Authors: [Jeffrey Ford](https://www.bookquiver.com/jeffrey-ford)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2019-06-11

## Description

In the Well-Built City, Master Drachton Below's power is absolute, and he will not hesitate to use it. His primary method of control is through his physiognomists, who are trained to read a person's face and body, perceiving that person's past and secrets-and even events yet to come. These seers are the judges and jury. Now Drachton has found something that could extend his reign for eternity: a fruit that bestows immortality. To investigate its whereabouts, Below sends cold, collected physiognomist Cley to the remote mining town of Anamasobia. One at a time Cley interrogates the townspeople, performing his usual fact finding without issue. That is, until he meets the beautiful and bright Arla, who harbors a secret that could potentially turn Cley's world upside down-and topple the Well-Built City itself. A Kafkaesque journey into the unknown, The Physiognomy is an award-winning trip through a land where the line between reality and imagination is constantly blurred.

## Editions

### The Physiognomy

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-690-6
- Published: 2019-06-11
- Language: en_GB