Saltwash

IT''S TIME TO ATONE. Tom Shift and Oliver Keele are pen-pals. They were introduced through their respective cancer clinics. From reading Oliver''s letters, Tom has deduced that Oliver is lonely and somewhat nomadic. He appears to live hand to mouth at a series of cheap B&Bs. When Oliver suggests they meet up, Tom agrees. Neither of them have long left. And, while Saltwash seems an unlikely kind of place for a holiday, he goes with it. The Castle Hotel is one of the few places still open in an off-season seaside town that has definitely seen better days but it''s surprisingly busy. It becomes clear that the guests are all there for some kind of reunion, and that they know Oliver. Little by little it becomes clear that all the guests have dark and troubled histories. They are drawn to the hotel not just for the company and nostalgia but for the opportunity to win the lottery. Which for them, is the chance to have the memoires of their wrongs to be eradicated. Before they die, they all want redemption. But if we can''t remember what we''ve done, do we become someone else? And why does Oliver want Tom at Saltwash?

Info autore

Andrew Michael Hurley is based in Lancashire. His first novel, The Loney, won the Costa Best First Novel Award and the Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Devil's Day, his second novel, was picked as a Book of the Year in five newspapers, and won the Encore Award. Starve Acre was made into a film starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Michael Hurley, Hurley Andrew Michael
• Editore: John Murray
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.10.2025
• EAN: 9781399817530
• ISBN: 978-1-399-81753-0
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Horror & ghost stories, Folklore, myths & legends, Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), FICTION / Horror / General