Synopsis
From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest.
Alfred Busi, famed in his town for his music and songs, is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days in the large villa he has always called home. Then one night Busi is attacked by a creature he disturbs as it raids the contents of his larder....
Details
07 February 2019288 pages
9781509841387Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Strange, unsettling, brilliant . . . one of our most original and inventive novelistsObserver
Seductively atmospheric . . . deeply movingDaily Mail
Takes its place among his finest [novels] . . . grippingly symbolic and intensely realGuardian
Hypnotic and powerful . . . enchanting and disconcertingIrish Times
