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‘Tenderly dissecting the limits of love between parent and child while wriggling with a rich, thrilling tension, this palpably atmospheric story found its way beneath my skin and now lives there. Tell anyone who’ll listen, Benjamin Wood is one of the best novelists in Britain’
— David Whitehouse, author of Mobile Library
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‘A shocking account of extreme violence and its complicated after-effects. It is a vivid and unsettling novel filled with surprises and insights’
— Ian McGuire, author of The North Water
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'A heart-breaking and heart-stopping new novel; a dark Northern noir that moves at breakneck speed but never fails to be tender and vulnerable as well as visceral and terrifying'
— Andrew McMillan
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'A novelist to watch'
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'A resounding achievement . . . Rich, beautiful and written by an author of great depth and resource'
— Edward Docx on The Ecliptic
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'Full of suspense and beautifully written, superbly imagined and constructed . . . A terrifically gripping and playful book'
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'Exhilarating, earthy, cerebral, frank and unflinching . . . A masterfully paced and suspenseful read'
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'A rich, intricate and layered work'
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'Haunts the imagination long after the final page'
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'A gorgeous and harrowing work'
— Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on The Ecliptic