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Book SynopsisConfined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs, wool jackets, rusty tools, and the mangled brass works of antique clocks.
Trade ReviewWonderful, lyrical . . . Triumphant . . . A beautiful, moving and elegiac lament on the human condition . . . Hypnotic. * The Times *
Brilliantly realised . . . a reminder of how rich the written language can still be * Independent *
Prepare to be seduced... Beguiles from the opening sentence ...This little novel is a wonder * Irish Times *
An expert piece of historical and psychological archaeology, which unpicks the intricacies of ordinary life while also asking the terrifying, unanswerable, yet endlessly fascinating questions that haunt us all * Observer *
A dense,
elegiac and richly imagined piece of remembering...
Life-affirming and visceral in its detail. * Daily Mail *
