The Phoenix Pencil Company

'Magical'GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'Marvellous!' GISH JEN

'Wildly inventive' LIZ MOORE

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In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy of magic, espionage and family secrets that will alter the path of her life forever.