Children Of Paradise Av Camilla Grudova

<p><b>''Festers in glorious style'' <i>Telegraph</i></b><br><br><b>''Magnificently spiky'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''Utterly enthralling'' <i>Times Literary Supplement </i></b><br><br>When 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, and is ignored by her aloof but tight-knit colleagues who seem as much a part of the building as its fraying carpets and endless dirt. Dreadful, lonely weeks pass while she longs for their approval, a silent voyeur. <br><br>So when she finally gains the trust of this cryptic band of oddballs, Holly transforms from silent drudge to rebellious insider and gradually she too becomes part of the Paradise - unearthing its secrets, learning its history and haunting its corridors after hours with the other ushers. It is no surprise when violence strike