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** Order Andrew O''Hagan''s new novel, Caledonian Road, now **

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road

How much do we keep from the people we love? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? Can we learn from the past or must we forget it?

Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography. Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers, is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, part of a convoy taking equipment to the electricity plant at Kajaki. Only when Luke returns home to Scotland does Anne''s secret story begin to emerge, along with his, and they set out for an old guest house in Blackpool where she once kept a room.

The Illuminations

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    A Paperback / softback by Andrew O'Hagan

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 31 December 2015
      ISBN-13 9780571273669
      978-0571273669
      ISBN-10 0571273661
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ** Order Andrew O''Hagan''s new novel, Caledonian Road, now **

      From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road

      How much do we keep from the people we love? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? Can we learn from the past or must we forget it?

      Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography. Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers, is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, part of a convoy taking equipment to the electricity plant at Kajaki. Only when Luke returns home to Scotland does Anne''s secret story begin to emerge, along with his, and they set out for an old guest house in Blackpool where she once kept a room.

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