The stunning new novel from one of the UK's finest literary writers
Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include Winter Garden (1985 James Tait Black Prize winner), A New Ice Age (1986 runner-up for the 1986 Guardian Fiction Prize), A Lunar Eclipse, The Earth Made of Glass, Elysium, In Desolate Heaven, The Sword Cabinet, The Book of the Heathen (shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award), Peacetime (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002), Gathering the Water (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2006), The Kingdom of Ashes and In Zodiac Light, which was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Prize 2010.
Grips the breader from the start with the constant threat of
imminent danger, though it is not a conventional thriller, mainly
avoiding violence or melodrama and making the nightmare
ordinary
*The Sunday Times*
Black, gripping and superbly told
*The Times*
This is his 19th novel and - against some hot competition - one of
his very best
*Independent*
A carefully thought-out picture of a bleak future that works as a
critique of the present
*Guardian*
Once again, Edric shows himself to be one of Britain's finest
storytellers
*Good Book Guide*
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