A wonderfully moody, moving novel, shot through with sadness and with strangeness, and with a simmering power entirely its own.

Sarah Waters

Lyrical, intense, and haunting, Thomson's Italian psychodrama displays incredible narrative mastery and has the elegance and fluency of a fable. So beautifully written.

Chloe Aridjis

Beautiful and seething. I liked it deeply.

Claire-Louise Bennet

An extraordinary writer

Samantha Morton

Utterly gripping. There isn't a writer on the planet who mines the precariousness of the human condition with such terrifying power and clarity.

Julie Myerson

Gripping

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