Fusing the ghost story with sharp, psychological insight, this is a
brilliant and timely novel about loneliness, buried secrets and the
havoc they play on the mind from Booker-shortlisted author Carol
Birch.
Did you hear? Big landslip over by Ercol. Last night. The road into
Gully's closed off. They found a body. Got police tape. All that stuff.
They only do that for murder, don't they? Murder!
A body has been uncovered in a mudslide just outside the village of
Andwiston. In the pub they talk of murder, but Dan â " sometime
mechanic, constant drunk â " is finding it hard to sift through his
jumbled memories. Watching him from the dark is Lorna, a lost soul
living in the woods, haunted by ghosts and a vision from her childhood:
a cold boy standing alone in Gallinger's field.
Praise for Carol Birch:
'A naturally literary writer who can, with a simple image, evoke the
deepest emotion' GUARDIAN
'Her prose has an irresistible vigour ... her words sing on the page'
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